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DC Transit System

Includes these companies:

Capital Transit Co. 1933
Montgomery Bus Lines 1927
Inter-county Transit Corp 1959

Capital Transit Co.

Includes these companies:

Washington Railway and Electric Company 1902
Capital Traction Co. 1895
Washington Coach Co. 1926
Suburban Coach Co. 1928
Washington Rapid Transit Co. 1921

Inter-county Transit Corporation

Silver Spring Transit Company became the Suburban Transit Company which became the Inter-county Transit Corporation in 1959. Sold to DC Transit in 1960

Washington Railway and Electric Company

See seperate page

Capital Traction Company

Includes these companies:

Washington and Georgetown Railroad1862
Rock Creek Railway bought the rail line of the Chevy Chase Land Co. in 18921888
Washington and Maryland Railway formed from the Baltimore and Washington Transit Co. (1894) and the Baltimore and Ocean City Railway (1906)1916


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