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Identical bus with yellow-gold color scheme (entire bus frame) - Chestnut Hill Bus Corp. Bpt
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Chestnut Hill Bus Corp. was a bus operator in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It had two routes: "MADISON AVE" (via Water St., Middle St., Housatonic Ave., Madison Ave., Eckhart St., Park Ave., Old Town Rd. to Trumbull Shopping Park/Mall, with some trips extending further up Madison Ave. in Trumbull as far as Chestnut Hill Rd.), and "TRUMBULL SHOPPING PARK VIA PARK AVE." (same as the Madison Ave. line halfway up to Truman St.- then over to Park Ave.- north to Old Town Rd, and back to Madison Ave. into Trumbull Shopping Park); this bus only ran hourly, while the Madison Ave. line ran every 20 minutes. (Today, Trumbull Shopping Park is now a hugely expanded mall renamed Westfield Shoppingtown.) ***See two images: one of the rear of an actual Chestnut Hill Bus (at left side of photo background near Woolworth's - Trumbull Shopping Park, 1970), the other being a similar bus and color scheme.

Bridgeport's largest of the area's local bus companies was CR & L Lines. When this company folded in November 1972, Chestnut Hill re-routed its Park Avenue line to cover all of Park Ave. north of downtown in taking over a portion of CR & L's former #9 route, as well as the southern end of Park Ave. once served by #6. Its Madison Ave. line was re-routed via Washington Ave. between Main St. and Park Ave. to cover CR & L's former #10 route. This continued until consolidation with all Bridgeport local bus companies in 1975 saw the creation of Greater Bridgeport Transit District (aka - The People Mover). [Article 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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