CT New Britain Division and CT Bristol Division is one division of Connecticut Transit that collectively provides local bus service to four towns in the Central Connecticut Region with connections to CT Transit Hartford Division in downtown New Britain, downtown Bristol, along the Berlin Turnpike, at UConn Health, at Tunxis Community College, CT Transit Waterbury Division and Middletown Area Transit in Cromwell. Service in both divisions operates daily (including major holidays) along 13 routes.
Founded | 1920 (New Britain Transportation) 1924 (DATTCO) |
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Headquarters | New Britain Transportation:: 257 Woodlawn Road Berlin, CT 06037 DATTCO: 583 South Street New Britain, CT 06051 |
Locale | Connecticut |
Service area | New Britain, Berlin, Bristol, and nearby towns |
Service type | Local bus service |
Routes | New Britain: 11 Bristol:3 |
Fleet | 22[1] |
Operator | New Britain Transportation (11 routes) DATTCO (2 routes) |
Chief executive | Peter Agostini (New Britain Transportation) Louis DeVivo (DATTCO) |
Website | Official Website |
Routes
editThese are the routes in the New Britain and Bristol Divisions. The 41 route (formerly P route) is contiguous with Hartford Division.
As of December 8, 2014, each New Britain or Bristol route is now identified by a numbered route between 501 and 549.[2]
New Britain routes
editRoute (new) | Route (old) | Route Name | Outbound terminus | Outbound connections | Notes | Operator |
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41 | P | Hartford | 41 (P): Hartford via Newington Center HNB: Hartford via I-84 |
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501 | AR | Arch St | 501 (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Kensington Avenue 501C (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Chamberlain Hwy |
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502 | PB/PL | Black Rock Ave | 502 (PB): Bristol City Hall via Plainville Ctr |
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503 | C | Corbin Ave | 503 (C): CT Commons-Tunxis Comm College |
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505 | B | Burritt St | 505 (B): Hosp for Special Care-Pinnacle Business Park |
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506 | F | Farmington Ave | 506 (F): UCONN Health 506F (F): Farm Springs-UCONN Health |
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507 | O | Oak St | 507 (O): CCSU-Country Club Rd |
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508 | S | Stanley St | Route 508 has been replaced by the new Route 128 (Hartford/New Britain via Westfarms & Stanley St) in its entirety. Route 128 will then continue to Downtown Hartford via New Britain Ave. in West Hartford (and serves the same stops as Route 39) and the CTfastrak guideway. Although neither Brittany Farms nor Country Club Rd. will be served by Route 128, passengers can transfer to Route 507 at CCSU for service to Country Club and Alexander Rds. or the new Route 144 (Westfarms/Wethersfield via Newington Center) at Westfarms for service to Brittany Farms. | |||
509 | ES | East St | 509 (ES): Dix & Fifth |
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510 | SS | South St | 510 (SS): CT DSS (New Britn) 510C (SS): CT DSS(New Britn)–Corbin Russwin 510J (SS): CT DSS (New Britn) via John Downey Dr 510S (SS): Fulton St |
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511 | N/A | New Britain/Meriden |
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512 | BK/TPK | South Main St | 512C (BK): Berlin RR Sta (Amtrak)-Walmart Cromwell-Berlin Tpke 512N (FE): NORPACO FOODS via Route 9 512 (BK): Berlin RR Sta (Amtrak)-Webster Square |
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513 | N/A | New Britain/Cromwell |
Bristol routes
editThe following routes connect with CTfastrak Route 102 (Hartford/Bristol via New Britain) and 923 (Hartford Express) at the Bristol City Hall:
Route (new) | Route (old) | Route Name | Outbound terminus | Notes |
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502 | PB | Black Rock Ave | 502: Downtown Bristol via Plainville Center |
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532 | N/A | Queen St | Effective: 03/10/2014 | |
541 | BL | Bristol Local | 541B: Tunxis Comm Coll via Birchwood Manor 541C: Tunxis Comm Coll via Bristol Senior Center |
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542 | N/A | Bristol Hospital | 542: Bristol Hospital via Goodwin St |
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543 | N/A | West St | 543: Gaylord Towers |
See also
edit- Connecticut Transit Hartford
- Connecticut Transit New Haven
- Connecticut Transit Stamford
- Northeast Transportation Company
All of the above provide CT Transit route service.