The following year they consolidated as the Union Traction Company (UTC). In 1895 these companies began amalgamating into three large operations: the Electric Traction Company, the People's Traction Company, and the Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC). Transit in Philadelphia began with multiple independent horse car, cable, and traction companies, including the privately established entities: Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company, the Thirteenth & Fifteenth Street Passenger Railway Company, West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company, etc. The City Transit Division is broken down into seven districts (Allegheny, Callowhill, Comly, Elmwood, Frankford, Midvale, and Southern) and Contract Operations. The City Transit division also operates the 400 Series routes which are designed to serve students attending schools in the city of Philadelphia. For example, Cheltenham Township has 13 city division routes and no Suburban Division ones.

Some of the bordering municipalities are served by the City Transit division, despite not being part of the city. The City Transit Division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) operate almost all of Philadelphia's public transit, including all six trolley, three trackless trolley, and 70 bus lines within city limits. SEPTA NovaBus LFSA #8648 waits at 12th & Vine Streets in Center City Philadelphiaġ234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Septa subway schedule