Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol

Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol Divisions

CT Transit New Flyer D40LF 118 at the New Britiain Transportation garage in Berlin.
Founded	1920 (New Britain Transit) 1924 (DATTCO)
Headquarters	New Britain Transit:: 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:2
Fleet	22[1]
Operator	New Britain Transit (11 routes) DATTCO (2 routes)
Chief executive	Peter Agostini (New Britain Transit) Louis DeVivo (DATTCO)
Website	Official Website

Connecticut Transit New Britain Division and Connecticut Transit Bristol Division are two divisions of Connecticut Transit that collectively provide local bus service to four towns in the Central Connecticut Region with connections to CT Transit Hartford Division in downtown New Britain, along the Berlin Turnpike, and at Westfarms Mall. Service in both divisions operates daily (including major holidays) along 13 routes.

Routes

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 starting with a "5". ^[2]

New Britain routes

Route (new)	Route (old)	Route Name	Outbound terminus	Outbound connections	Notes	Operator
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 HNB route to or from New Britain via I-84.	DATTCO CTtransit Hartford
501	AR	Arch St	501 (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Mid State Medical Ctr-Meriden Square 501C (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Clinic Dr	Westfield Meriden: CTtransit Meriden: A1 Middletown Area Transit: M-Link	Route 501C to Clinic Dr. is the last trip of the day. Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station.	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): DMV-CT Commons-Tunxis Comm Coll	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 Pk		Operates outbound from Downtown New Britain via Broad St. and inbound via Myrtle St. Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station.
506	F	Farmington Ave	506 (F): UCONN Health Center 506F (F): Farm Springs-UCONN Health Center	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		DATTCO
510	SS	South St	510 (SS): CT DSS (New Britn) 510C (SS): CT DSS(New Britn)–Corbin Russwin 510D (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.
512	BK/TPK	South Main St	512C (BK): Berlin Stn (Amtrak)-Walmart Cromwell-Berlin Tpke 512N (FE): NORPACO FOODS via Route 9 512W (BK): Berlin Stn (Amtrak)-Webster Square	Walmart, Cromwell: Middletown Area Transit: E, M-Link 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

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
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	**new**	Bristol Hospital	542: Bristol Hospital via Goodwin St	Provides through-route service available to Hartford via CTfastrak Route 102.
543	**new**	West St	543: Gaylord Towers

See also

• Connecticut Transit Hartford
• Connecticut Transit New Haven
• Connecticut Transit Stamford
• Northeast Transportation Company

All of the above provide CT Transit route service.

References

1. CT Transit roster as of 2004
2. [https://www.cttransit.com/routes/local-service#route-new britain CT Transit routes in New Britain]

External links

• Official website for CT Transit
• New Britain Transportation Company