The
Ford Transit bus was a 27-passenger bus produced by the Ford Motor Corporation in the 1940s.
Ford constructed the chassis, which were then fitted with bodies by constructed the Union City Body Company of
Union City, IndianaUnion City is a city in Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 3,584.Union City was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, a forerunner of the Pennsylvania Railroad that connected Pittsburgh to...
. Canadian versions were built from chassis fabricated in
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and bodies produced by Brantford Coach & Body.
Approximately 11,000 Ford Transits were built during their eight-year production run. Major customers were the
Detroit Department of Street RailwaysThe Detroit Department of Transportation, commonly referred to as DDOT is the public transportation operator of city bus service in Detroit, Michigan...
, Capital Transit Company of Washington D.C., Philadelphia Transportation Company,
Chicago Surface LinesThe Chicago Surface Lines was operator of the street railway system of Chicago, Illinois, from the years 1913 to 1947. The firm is a predecessor of today's publicly owned operator, the Chicago Transit Authority.-History:...
, San Antonio, Texas, The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Company,
Toronto Transportation CommissionBefore 1954, the Toronto Transit Commission was called the Toronto Transportation Commission.-History:Toronto's first public transportation company was the Williams Omnibus Bus Line and owned by undertaker Burt Williams. The franchise carried passengers in horse-drawn stagecoaches along Yonge...
and
Boston Elevated RailwayThe Boston Elevated Railway was a precursor first to the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Massachusetts, now the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, operating rapid transit, streetcars and buses in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was formerly known as the West End Street Railway.The...
. The
Public Service Interstate Transportation CompanyThe Public Service Railway, owned by the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, operated most of the streetcar lines in New Jersey by the early 20th century. Public Service lines stretched from northeast New Jersey to Trenton, and then south to Camden and its suburbs...
of New Jersey had the largest fleet, with a total of 586 new and seven second-hand units.
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