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GMC-Bus-old- IDENTICAL (BLUE-GRAY COLOR SCHEME) TO STARTFORD BUS LINE - CT
Newer Fishbowl Bus - 1970s - CT

Stratford Bus Line, Inc. was a bus operator operating from its namesake town, Stratford, Connecticut, to Bridgeport. It had one route: "HUNTINGTON ROAD": From Plaza and John St. terminus, Water St., Congress St., Crescent Ave., Barnum Ave. into Stratford's Main St., (also sharing service territory with both CR & L Lines along Barnum Ave. and Main St. to Paradise Green, as well as with Bridgeport Auto Transit Company via Crescent, Barnum), then onto Huntington Rd. to Flat Rock Rd., - looping via Cutspring Rd., Hilltop La., and Wigwam La. upon returning to Bridgeport. This line ran hourly, at lower fares than all the others (25 cents in 1972 vs. 35 to 50 cents by all the other bus lines), and using a very old (pre-1950) bus (an even shorter 28-seat General Motors model) that was recalled as being a bit rickety in its ride (This contributing writer verifies that fact).

After C R & L Lines ceased operations in late 1972, Stratford Bus Line took over the eastern portion of the former #14 route between Bridgeport and Central Stratford. This continued until 1975, when it turned over its two local Stratford bus routes (retaining its coach and school bus operations) to the newly-formed Greater Bridgeport Transit District- then nicknamed 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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