Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol

Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol Divisions

CT Transit bus 803 at the Downtown New Britain CTfastrak station.

Founded| 1920 (New Britain Transportation)
1924 (DATTCO)
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

Connecticut Transit New Britain Division and Connecticut Transit 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.

## Routes[edit]

These 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[edit]

Route (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  |

* Downtown Hartford: CTtransit Hartford: all routes
CTfastrak: 101, 102, 121, 128, 923, 924, 925, 928

* All Route 41 trips run locally, save for the rush hour HNB route to or from New Britain via I-84.

* DATTCO
* CTtransit Hartford

501  | AR  | Arch St  | 501 (AR): Hosp of Central CT-MidState Medical Ctr-Westfield Meriden
501C (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Clinic Dr  |

* Westfield Meriden: CTtransit Meriden: 561(A1)
Middletown Area Transit: M-Link

* Route 501C to Clinic Dr. is the last trip of the day.
* Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station.
* Provides through-route service to Route 505 (Burritt St).

* New Britain Transportation

502  | PB/PL  | Black Rock Ave  | 502 (PB): Bristol City Hall via Plainville Ctr  |

* Plainville Center: CTtransit New Britain: 503(C)
CTfastrak: 102
* Downtown Bristol: CTtransit Bristol: 541(BL), 542, 543
CTfastrak: 102, 923

503  | C  | Corbin Ave  | 503 (C): CT Commons-Tunxis Comm College  |

* Plainville Center: CTtransit New Britain: 502(PB)
CTfastrak: 102
* Tunxis Community College:CTtransit Bristol: 541(BL)
CTtransit Hartford: 66(E)

* Through-route service is available with Route 541 at Tunxis Community College (Farmington).

505  | B  | Burritt St  | 505 (B): Hosp for Special Care-Pinnacle Business Park  |  |

* Operates outbound from Downtown New Britain via Broad St. and inbound via Myrtle St.
* Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station.
* Provides through-route service to Route 501 (Arch St).

506  | F  | Farmington Ave  | 506 (F): UCONN Health
506F (F): Farm Springs-UCONN Health  |

* UConn Health Center: CTtransit Hartford: 66(E)
CTfastrak: 121
* Batterson Park Park & Ride: CTtransit Hartford: 902 (2)

507  | O  | Oak St  | 507 (O): CCSU-Country Club Rd  |

* CCSU: CTfastrak: 128, 140, 144

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  |

* East Main St Station (CTfastrak): CTfastrak: 101, 102, 128

* Provides through-route service to Route 510 (South St).

* DATTCO

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  |  |

* The 510C trips to Corbin Russwin and 510D trips to the New Britain Industrial area (John Downey Dr) operate weekdays only at peak times.
* Provides through-route service to Route 509 (East St).

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  |

* Walmart, Cromwell: Middletown Area Transit: E, M
* Price Chopper, Newington:CTtransit Hartford: 45(BTF), 47(T), 69(W)

* When Route 45 (Berlin Tpke. Flyer) is unavailable, Hartford area passengers can transfer to Route 512 at Price Chopper/Dick's to get to Walmart (Newington) and Stew Leonard's.

* New Britain Transportation

### Bristol routes[edit]

The 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  |

* Connects with Route 503 (Corbin Ave) at Plainville Center.

541  | BL  | Bristol Local  | 541B: Tunxis Comm Coll via Birchwood Manor
541C: Tunxis Comm Coll via Bristol Senior Center  |

* Connects with Routes 66 (Farmington Ave) to Downtown Hartford at Tunxis Community College.
* Through-route service is available with Route 503 (Corbin Ave) to Downtown New Britain.

542  | N/A  | Bristol Hospital  | 542: Bristol Hospital via Goodwin St  |

* Provides through-route service available to Hartford via CTfastrak Route 102.

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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ CT Transit roster as of 2004
2. ^ CT Transit routes in New Britain

## External links[edit]

* Official website for CT Transit
* New Britain Transportation Company

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Public transportation in Connecticut

Bus services|

|  CT Transit|

| Divisions|

* Hartford
* New Haven
* Stamford
* Waterbury, Meriden, and Wallingford
* New Britain and Bristol

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Services|

* CT Fastrak
* dash

Other bus agencies|

* Bridgeport
* Enfield
* Estuary
* Housatonic
* Middletown
* Milford
* Northeast CT
* Northwest CT
* Norwalk
* Southeast
* Windham

Former bus and streetcar agencies|

* Arrow Line
* Bridgeport Traction
* Connecticut Company
* Danbury and Bethel Street Railway
* DATTCO
* Mastco
* NECTAR
* New England Transportation Company
* New York and Stamford Railway

Rail services|

|  Metro-North|

* New Haven Line
* New Canaan Branch
* Danbury Branch
* Waterbury Branch

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Amtrak|

* Acela
* Hartford Line
* Northeast Regional
* Valley Flyer
* Vermonter

CT Rail|

* Hartford Line
* Shore Line East

Proposed|

* Central Corridor Rail Line

Other|

* Connecticut Commuter Rail Council
* Connecticut Department of Transportation
* New Haven–Springfield Line
* Northeast Corridor

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