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The Orange Street Bus Line was a bus operator in New Haven, Connecticut. It operated one line, along Orange St.- closely paralleling three of the former Connecticut Company routes (J- Whitney Avenue, M/Q- State St.) in New Haven, operating at a lower fare than The Connecticut Company. Its few short older General Motors 'Old Look' buses bore a blue color scheme that was somewhat identical to The Connecticut Co. fleet. Downtown, the bus remained on Orange St. directly to the railroad station (Union Station), and further along Union Ave. to Liberty St. Return trips were via Church St. to Elm St., then onto Orange St. northbound to its Wilbur Cross High School terminus at Mitchell Dr. This bus line did not have a transfer agreement with other carriers. It was taken over by Connecticut Transit after the 1970s, now part of its 'M' Route (continuing to State St.via Mitchell - Willow, branching off either to Devine St. or via Ridge Rd.- Skiff St.- Hartford Tpke. loop in North Haven), which extends from Wilbur Cross HS via Willow St.east to State St., then northbound to Hamden and North Haven (but neither branch extending to their respective town centers- heavy commercial sectors which would likely see higher ridership on this route). <portions added to this article by Ted Elliss> 

Defunct Transit Operators in Connecticut
Horsecar systems Bridgeport Horse Railway Company &#149; East Hartford & Glastonbury Horse Railroad &#149; Hartford & Wethersfield Horse Railroad Company &#149; Meriden Horse Railroad Company &#149; New Haven & West Haven Horse Railroad &#149; New London Horse Railway Company &#149; Norwalk Horse Railroad Company &#149; Stamford Horse Railroad Company &#149; State Street Horse Railroad Company &#149; Waterbury Horse Railroad Company
Streetcar systems Branford Lighting & Water Company &#149; Bridgeport Railway Company &#149; Bridgeport Traction Company &#149; Central Railway & Electric Co. &#149; Cheshire Street Railway &#149; Connecticut Electric Company &#149; Connecticut Light & Power Company &#149; Consolidated Railway Company &#149; Derby & Ansonia Street Railroad Company &#149; Derby Street Railway &#149; East End Railway Company &#149; Edgewood Avenue Electric Company &#149; Edgewood Street Railroad Company &#149; Fair Haven & Westville Railroad &#149; Farmington Street Railway &#149; Greenwich Tramway Company &#149; Groton & Stonington Street Railway &#149; Groton & Stonington Traction Company &#149; Hartford & West Hartford Railroad &#149; Hartford Manchester & Rockville Tramway Company &#149; Hartford Street Railway &#149; Lake Saltonstall Railroad Company &#149; Meriden Electric Railroad &#149; Meriden Southington & Compounce Tramway Company &#149; Middletown Street Railway &#149; Milford Street Railway &#149; Montville Street Railway &#149; New Haven & Centreville Street Railway &#149; New Haven & Morris Cove Railway Company &#149; New Haven & Shore Line Railway, Incorporated &#149; New Haven Street Railway &#149; New London Street Railway &#149; Norwalk Street Railway &#149; Norwalk Tramway Company &#149; Norwich Street Railway &#149; Peoples Tramway Company &#149; Portland Street Railway Company &#149; Putnam & Thompson Street Railway Company &#149; Shelton Street Railway &#149; Shore Line Electric Railway Company &#149; South Manchester Light Power & Tramway Company &#149; Stamford Street Railroad &#149; Suffield Street Railway &#149; Thompson Tramway Co. &#149; Torrington & Winchester Street Railway &#149; Waterbury Traction Company &#149; Westport & Saugatuck Street Railway &#149; West Shore Railway Co. &#149; Whitney Avenue Railroad Company &#149; Willimantic Traction Company &#149; Winchester Avenue Railroad &#149; Worcester & Connecticut Eastern Railway Company
Bus systems Bridgeport Auto Transit Company &#149; Candlewood Bus Company &#149; Chestnut Hill Bus Corporation &#149; Chieppo Bus Company &#149; City Bus Line &#149; Cross Country Coach, Inc. &#149; Danbury Power & Transportation Company &#149; Gray Line Bus Company &#149; H & W Transit Company &#149; Joseph H. McMahon Company &#149; Orange Street Bus Line &#149; Savin Transit Company &#149; Stratford Bus Line Company &#149; Thames Valley Transit, Incorporated &#149; Valley Transportation Company
Streetcar/Bus systems The Connecticut Company &#149; Connecticut Railway & Lighting Company &#149; Danbury and Bethel Street Railway &#149; Danbury and Bethel Traction Company
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