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Bridgeport Auto Transit Co. was a bus operator in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It had one main route, "BARNUM-STATE" (via Hancock Ave., Fairfield Ave., State St., Kossuth St., Crescent Ave., Barnum Ave. into Stratford: Bruce Ave., Hollister St.), and two "shuttles": "SUCCESS PARK" and "NICHOLS AVE.," two limited-service shuttles that connected Stratford sections with its Barnum Ave. line at its garage on Sage Ave., a 30-yard walk to Barnum Ave.

The shuttles had very few passengers before they were discontinued in the late-1970s, traveling up Sage Ave. to Boston Ave., then either up Success Ave. to near Broadbridge Ave., or up Clover St. to Canaan Rd., Broadbridge Ave., North Ave., and Nichols Ave. to Hawley Lane. "BARNUM-STATE" ran as often as every 10 minutes, with half its bus fleet being old and short General Motors 36-seaters almost always filled tightly with up to 50 passengers.

It should also be noted that service territory was exceptionally shared with CR & L Lines along Barnum Ave., Fairfield Ave., and State St.

When CR & L Lines folded in November 1972, Bridgeport Auto Transit took over CR & L's former #14 route between Bridgeport/Stratford and Fairfield (with Stratford Bus Line eventually taking over the Stratford-Bridgeport route portion) until consolidating with all other Bridgeport bus companies as Greater Bridgeport Transit District by 1975- then nicknamed The People Mover. (compiled by Ted Elliss)

Defunct Transit Operators in Connecticut
Horsecar systems Bridgeport Horse Railway Company • East Hartford & Glastonbury Horse Railroad • Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Company • Meriden Horse Railroad Company • New Haven & West Haven Horse Railroad • New London Horse Railway Company • Norwalk Horse Railroad Company • Stamford Horse Railroad Company • State Street Horse Railroad Company • Waterbury Horse Railroad Company
Streetcar systems Branford Lighting & Water Company • Bridgeport Railway Company • Bridgeport Traction Company • Central Railway & Electric Co. • Cheshire Street Railway • Connecticut Electric Company • Connecticut Light & Power Company • Consolidated Railway Company • Derby & Ansonia Street Railroad Company • Derby Street Railway • East End Railway Company • Edgewood Avenue Electric Company • Edgewood Street Railroad Company • Fair Haven & Westville Railroad • Farmington Street Railway • Greenwich Tramway Company • Groton & Stonington Street Railway • Groton & Stonington Traction Company • Hartford & West Hartford Railroad • Hartford Manchester & Rockville Tramway Company • Hartford Street Railway • Lake Saltonstall Railroad Company • Meriden Electric Railroad • Meriden Southington & Compounce Tramway Company • Middletown Street Railway • Milford Street Railway • Montville Street Railway • New Haven & Centreville Street Railway • New Haven & Morris Cove Railway Company • New Haven & Shore Line Railway, Incorporated • New Haven Street Railway • New London Street Railway • Norwalk Street Railway • Norwalk Tramway Company • Norwich Street Railway • Peoples Tramway Company • Portland Street Railway Company • Putnam & Thompson Street Railway Company • Shelton Street Railway • Shore Line Electric Railway Company • South Manchester Light Power & Tramway Company • Stamford Street Railroad • Suffield Street Railway • Thompson Tramway Co. • Torrington & Winchester Street Railway • Waterbury Traction Company • Westport & Saugatuck Street Railway • West Shore Railway Co. • Whitney Avenue Railroad Company • Willimantic Traction Company • Winchester Avenue Railroad • Worcester & Connecticut Eastern Railway Company
Bus systems Bridgeport Auto Transit Company • Candlewood Bus Company • Chestnut Hill Bus Corporation • Chieppo Bus Company • City Bus Line • Cross Country Coach, Inc. • Danbury Power & Transportation Company • Gray Line Bus Company • H & W Transit Company • Joseph H. McMahon Company • Orange Street Bus Line • Savin Transit Company • Stratford Bus Line Company • Thames Valley Transit, Incorporated • Valley Transportation Company
Streetcar/Bus systems The Connecticut Company • Connecticut Railway & Lighting Company • Danbury and Bethel Street Railway • Danbury and Bethel Traction Company
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