Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout much of state. Serves all areas except where separate transit systems are indicated.
Route History (New Britain/Bristol)
1895-1921 - Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co.
1921-1927 - Bristol & Plainville Electric Co.
1927-1965 - Bristol Traction Co.
1935 - streetcars replaced with buses
After 1965 - New Britain Transportation Co.
Horse Car
1887-1896 - Danbury & Bethel Horse Railway Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1896-1926 - Danbury & Bethel Street Railway Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1926-1965 - Danbury Power & Transportation Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued
1965-1967 - Candlewood Bus Co.
1967-1973 - no transit service
1973-1978 - Danbury-Bethel Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1979)
Housatonic Area Regional Transit
1904-1916 - Groton & Stonington Street Railway Co.
1916-1923 - Shore Line Electric Railway Co.
1923-1939 - Groton & Stonington Traction Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1928 - streetcars discontinued
After 1939 - New Haven & Shore Line Railway
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1980)
Southeast Area Transit
1981-2022 - Estuary Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2022)
River Valley Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
New London-New Haven
1910-1923 - Shore Line Electric Railway Co. (New London-New Haven)
1923-1929 - New Haven & Shore Line Railway Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated by New Haven & Shore Line Railway Co. (until 1970's)
1896-1901 - Enfield & Longmeadow Electric Railway Co.
1901-1926 - Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars replaced with buses
1926-1928 - Hartford & Springfield Coach Co.
1928-1957 - New England Transportation Co.
After 1957 - Short Line
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1903-1904 - Somers & Enfield Electric Railway Co.
1904 to Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co./above
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1903-1904 - Windsor Locks Traction Co.
1904 to Hartford & Springfield Street Railway Co./above
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2013)
Enfield Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Hartford-Springfield MA (1896-1926)