The following is a list of former privately run transit companies that served Dallas, Texas. The first year is the year service began. The last is the year private service was halted. * 1872–1884 Dallas City Railroad Company (Main Street Line) * 1875–1884 Dallas Street Railroad Company (San Jacinto Line) * 1876–1887 Commerce and Ervay Street Railroad Company * 1884–1887 Belt Street Railway * 1884–1887 Dallas City and Dallas Street Railroad Company (merger between the Main and San Jacinto Lines) * 1887–1890 Dallas Consolidated Street Railway Company (merger between the DC&DS, C&E and BSR) * 1887–1900 Dallas and Oak Cliff Elevated Railway * 1888–1898 Dallas Rapid Transit Company * 1889–1892 North Dallas Circuit Railway * 1890– North Dallas Railway Company * 1890–1895 Dallas Consol