The Cincinnati Transit Company (or Cincinnati Transit, Inc., abbreviated CT) was the

public transit Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

operator in

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

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, from 1952 to 1973. It began operation on December 30, 1952, and replaced the

Cincinnati Street Railway Cincinnati Street Railway (CSR) was the public transit operator in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1859 to 1952. The company ceased streetcar operations and was renamed Cincinnati Transit Company. The company was founded in 1859 and was one of several op ...

. The CSR had ceased streetcar operations in 1951, so CT provided only

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transit in the city. Initially, this included

trolley bus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

service inherited from CSR, but trolley bus service in Cincinnati ended on June 18, 1965. Sebree, Mac; and Ward, Paul (1974). ''The Trolley Coach in North America'', pp. 61–65. Los Angeles:

Interurbans The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...

. LCCN 74-20367. CTC sold 15

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TC-48 trolleybuses to the

Toronto Transit Commission The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region. It is the oldest and largest ...

in 1953. In 1973, the company was renamed

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is the public transport agency serving Cincinnati and its Ohio suburbs. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, SORTA operates fixed-route buses, bus rapid transit, microtransit, and paratransit ...

(SORTA).

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{{Reflist Bus transportation in Ohio Transportation in Cincinnati Government agencies established in 1952 Government agencies disestablished in 1973 1952 establishments in Ohio 1973 disestablishments in Ohio

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