Shoreline Metro has been in service since 1972, but traces its formation back to the Sheboygan City Railway Company in 1886.

Various private companies have succeeded each other in the area, transitioning from light rail to streetcars to buses.

The system changed their name in October 2010 from Sheboygan Transit to "Lakeshore Metro", but changed it further to "Shoreline Metro" February 2011 due to a trademark conflict with an already existing private paratransit company, Lakeshore Transportation.

Shoreline Metro has a heated transfer center built in 1991 located in the central business district at 828 Pennsylvania Avenue, providing safe shelter for Shoreline Metro passengers.

The transfer point also has a physical office to provide customer assistance and sell daily and monthly paper bus passes open during regular business hours.