Background & Disclaimer
This page is intended to document the predecessors of many of the transit agencies in Silicon Valley. No transit agency has any affiliation whatsoever with the content on or liked to this page. Sites linked to are solely responsible for their content.
Unless otherwise noted, bus photos featuring the predecessors to all transit agencies are courtesy of the Northern California Bus Fans who are solely responsible for their content.
Caltrain
- SP Commute Page – photos taken when Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) ran commuter rail service between San Francisco (3rd/Townsend) and San Jose (Cahill St. Station)
SamTrans
History
SamTrans Predecessors
- Burlingame Transit
- Foster City Transit
- Grey Rabbit (Half Moon Bay)
- Menlo Park Carriage Authority
- Peninsula Charter Lines
- San Mateo Courteous Transit
- San Mateo Transit (SMT)
- San Mateo-Burlingame Transit
- South San Francisco Transit
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
History
- Current and past VTA (Santa Clara County) bus photos
- History of Santa Clara County Transit – 1972 until 2000
- VTA Current and historical fleet roster from Leon Norrington
- An extended history of San Jose/Santa Clara County transit routes
VTA’s Predecessors
- Mayfair Bus Lines
- Peerless Stages
- San Jose City Lines
- Classic bus photos from Leon Norrington
- A story on the history of VTA’s 76 bus line in Los Gatos and the Santa Cruz Mountains
Dumbarton Bridge (DB) Bus Service
- Current and classic DB bus photos
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