CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (STAMFORD)
1886-1889 - Stamford Horse Railroad
1889-1904 - Stamford Street Railroad
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (NORWALK)
1862-1895 - Norwalk Horse Railroad Co.
1895-1899 - Norwalk Street Railway
1899-1901 - Connecticut Light & Power Co.
1901-1905 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1905-1936 - Connecticut Co. (leased)
1935 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1943 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1943-1970 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1970-1978 - no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (BRIDGEPORT)
1864-1893 - Bridgeport Horse Railroad Co.
1893-1900 - Bridgeport Traction Co.
1900-1901 - Connecticut Light & Power Co.
1901-1905 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1905-1936 - Connecticut Co. (leased)
1936-1943 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1943-1972 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (DANBURY)
1887-1926 - Danbury & Bethel Street Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1926-1965 - Danbury Power & Transportation Co.
1965-1967 - Candlewood Bus Co.
1967-1973 - no transit service
1973-1978 - Danbury-Bethel Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Connecticut Transit (Stamford)
Norwalk Transit District (WHEELS)
Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority
Housatonic Area Regional Transit (Danbury)
Serves Fairfield County
(fixed route systems interconnect)
New Haven
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1861-1904 - Fair Haven & Westville Railroad
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1948 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Connecticut Transit
Serves New Haven County
Commuter rail service
Metro-North
Shore Line East
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (DERBY)
1888-1900 - Derby Street Railway Co.
1900-1901 - Connecticut Light & Power Co.
1901-1905 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1905-1936 - Connecticut Co. (leased)
1936-1943 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1943-1972 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (MERIDEN)
Prior to 1886 - Meriden Horse Railroad Co.
1886-1904 - Meriden Electric Railroad
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1959 - Connecticut Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued
1959-1967 - H & W Transit Co.
1967-1968 - Connecticut Co.
After 1968 - Joseph H. McMahon Co.
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (WATERBURY)
Prior to 1893 - several companies
1893-1899 - Waterbury Traction Co.
1899-1901 - Connecticut Light & Power Co.
1901-1905 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1905-1936 - Connecticut Co. (leased)
1936-1943 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1943-1972 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
Interstate transit connections are available with Bee Line (Westchester County) in Port Chester NY
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1862-1893 - several companies
1893-1904 - Hartford Street Railway
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1976 - Connecticut Co.
1941 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Connecticut Transit
Serves Hartford County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting fixed route systems
Middlesex County - Middletown Transit District
Middlesex County - Estuary Transit District
Rural system
Tolland, Windham Counties - Windham Region Transit District
Commuter service (various counties)
Collins Bus Service
DATTCO
Peter Pan Arrow Line
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (MIDDLETOWN)
1887-1904 - Middletown Street Railway
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1959 - Connecticut Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued
1959-1967 - H & W Transit Co.
Period of no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (NEW BRITAIN)
1886-1899 - Central Railway & Electric Co.
1899-1901 - Connecticut Light & Power Co.
1901-1905 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1905-1936 - Connecticut Co. (leased)
1936-1943 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1943-1972 - Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
After 1927 - New Britain Transportation Co.
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (BRISTOL)
1895-1921 - Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co.
1921-1927 - Bristol & Plainville Electric Co.
1927-1940 - Bristol Traction Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1935 - streetcars discontinued
1940-1965 - Bristol Traction Co.
After 1965 - New Britain Transportation Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1882-1904 - Norwich Street Railway
1892-1893 - New London Horse Railway
1893-1904 - New London Street Railway
1904-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1913 - Connecticut Co.
1913-1920 - Shore Line Electric Railway (leased)
1920-1961 - Connecticut Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued
1961-1968 - Thames Valley Transit
After 1968 - Savin Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Southeast Area Transit
Serves New London County
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (GROTON)
1904-1916 - Groton & Stonington Street Railway
1916-1923 - Shore Line Electric Railway
1923-1939 - Groton & Stonington Traction Co.
1928 - streetcars discontinued
After 1939 - New Haven & Shore Line Railway
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1897-1906 - Torrington & Winchester Street Railway
1906-1907 - Consolidated Railway
1907-1929 - Connecticut Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued
1929-1937 - New England Transportation Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - City Bus Line
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Northwestern Connecticut Transit District
Serves Litchfield County