TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN CONNECTICUT

FORMER CONNECTICUT COMPANY

Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout much of state. Serves all areas except where separate transit systems are indicated.

Horse Car
1863-1893 - Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Co.
1892-1893 - East Hartford & Glastonbury Horse Railroad
1863-1899 - Hartford & West Hartford Railroad
1899-1909 - Farmington Street Railway
1888-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1893-1904 - Hartford Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1941 - streetcars discontinued

Stafford Springs

1901-1906 - Stafford Springs Street Railway Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1928 - Connecticut Co.
1928 - streetcars discontinued

Suffield

1902-1905 - Suffield Street Railway Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1915 - Connecticut Co.
1915 - streetcars discontinued

ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1894-1906 - Hartford Manchester & Rockville Tramway Co.
1894-1906 - South Manchester Light Power & Tramway Co.
1906 to Consolidated Railway Co./above

Horse Car
1887-1889 - Meriden Electric Railway Co.
1888-1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1889-1895 - Meriden Horse Railroad Co.
1895-1904 - Meriden Electric Railroad Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1959 - Connecticut Co.
1927 - buses introduced
1931 - streetcars discontinued

1959-1967 - H & W Transit Co.
1967-1968 - Connecticut Co.
After 1968 - Joseph H. McMahon Co.

Wallingford

1904-1905 - Wallingford Tramway Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
After 1907 - Connecticut Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued

1933-1960's - Rose's Bus Service

Southington

1889-1890 - Southington & Plantsville Tramway & Light Co.
1890-1898 - Southington & Plantsville Tramway Co.
1898 - streetcars discontinued

ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1898-1902 - Meriden Southington & Compounce Tramway Co.
1902-1906 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1902 to Consolidated Railway Co./above

Horse Car
1886-1887 - Middletown Horse Railway Co.
1887-1895 - Middletown Horse Railroad Co.
1895-1904 - Middletown Street Railway Co.
1895-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1959 - Connecticut Co.
1927 - buses introduced
1930 - streetcars discontinued

1959-1967 - H & W Transit Co.
Period of no transit service
Until 2022 - Middletown Transit District

Portland

1892-1895 - Portland Railroad Co.
1895-1904 - Middletown Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
After 1907 - Connecticut Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2022)
River Valley Transit

Horse Car
1861-1904 - Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co.
1891-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

Horse Car
Until 1893 - New Haven & Morris Cove Railway Co.
Until 1893 - State Street Horse Railroad Co.
Until 1893 - Whitney Avenue Railroad Co.
Until 1893 - Edgewood Avenue Electric Co.
Until 1893 - Edgewood Street Railroad Co.
Until 1893 - Lake Saltonstall Railroad Co.
1893-1898 - New Haven Street Railway Co.
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1898-1904 - Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co.

Horse Car
1865-1893 - New Haven & Centreville Horse Railroad Co.
1893-1897 - New Haven & Centreville Street Railway Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1897-1904 - Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co.

Electric Streetcar
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1948 - streetcars discontinued

Branford

1900-1905 - Branford Street Railway Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1947 - streetcars discontinued

West Haven

Horse Car
1867-1892 - New Haven & West Haven Horse Railroad Co.
1892-1904 - Winchester Avenue Railroad Co.
1894-1895 - West Shore Railway Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1948 - streetcars discontinued

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)

1892-1893 - New London Horse Railway Co.
1893-1904 - New London Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1913 - Connecticut Co.
1913-1920 - Shore Line Electric Railway Co. (leased)
1920-1961 - Connecticut Co.
1932 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars discontinued

1961-1968 - Thames Valley Transit
After 1968 - Savin Transit Co.

ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1905-1913 - New London & East Lyme Street Railway
1913 to Shore Line Electric Railway Co./above

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
New London-Willimantic (1903-1936)

Norwich (CC Norwich Division)

Horse Car
1882-1890 - Norwich Horse Railroad Co.
1890-1904 - Norwich Street Railway Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1913 - Connecticut Co.
1913-1920 - Shore Line Electric Railway Co. (leased)
1920-1961 - Connecticut Co.
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses

1961-1968 - Thames Valley Transit
After 1968 - Savin Transit Co.

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Norwich-Westerly
1906-1911 - Norwich & Westerly Railway
1911-1916 - Norwich & Westerly Traction Co.
1916-1922 - Shore Line Electric Railway Co.

ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1902-1908 - Ashaway & Westerly Railway Co.
1908 to Norwich & Westerly Railway/above

Montville

1889-1904 - Montville Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1913 - Connecticut Co.
1913-1920 - Shore Line Electric Railway (leased)
After 1920 - Connecticut Co.
1934 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1980)
Southeast Area Transit

Willimantic

1903-1905 - Willimantic Traction Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
After 1907 - Connecticut Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Windham Region Transit District

Until 1898 - Putnam & Thompson Street Railway Co.
1893-1902 - Peoples Tramway Co.
1901-1902 - Danielson & Norwich Street Railway Co.
1901-1902 - Thompson Tramway Co.

1902-1904 - Worcester & Connecticut Eastern Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1930 - Connecticut Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued

After 1930 - Short Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Northeastern Connecticut Transit District

Horse Car
1886-1889 - Stamford Horse Railroad Co.
1889-1904 - Stamford Street Railroad Co.
1895-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1933 - streetcars discontinued

Greenwich

1903-1905 - Greenwich Tramway Co.
1905-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1927 - New York & Stamford Railway Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued

1927-1965 - County Transportation Co. (New York & Stamford Railway)
1965-1978 - County Transportation Co.

1897-1906 - Torrington & Winchester Street Railway Co.
1906-1907 - Consolidated Railway Co.
1907-1929 - Connecticut Co.
1929 - streetcars replaced with buses

1929-1937 - New England Transportation Co.
1931-1960's - City Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1987)
Northwestern Connecticut Transit District