Local public transit reached the area through extensions of existing electric trolley lines in the 1890's. The Chouteau Avenue line of the Lindell Railway Company was extended west to Forest Park in 1895 and thence westward along the southern edge of Forest Park a year later. This extension was responsible for the opening of the Forest Park Highlands and West End Heights amusement parks. This line was later called the Market Street car line and is now the Forest Park bus line.