CT Transit Stamford is the division of

CT Transit CTtransit (styled as CT ''transit'') is a bus system serving much of the U.S. state of Connecticut and is a division of that state's Department of Transportation. CTtransit provides bus service via contract providers for seven different ...

for the

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 ...

metropolitan area. It provides service on 20

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routes in Stamford and nearby towns and cities. All routes originate from the

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, in

Downtown Stamford Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It includes major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations ...

, and connect to other neighborhoods in Stamford, as well as

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, Darien, Norwalk, as well as

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and White Plains in

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. CT Transit Stamford's service area overlaps that of the

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(including the Greenwich Connector it operates in Greenwich), HARTransit's Route 7 Link in Norwalk, Greater Bridgeport Transit's Coastal Link, and the Bee Line Bus in Port Chester and White Plains. As of 2023, CT Transit Stamford is operated by an American

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of France's state-owned

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History

Starting in 1979, the

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, and Stamford divisions of

were operated by

First Transit First Transit is an American transportation company. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, First Transit operates over 300 locations, carrying more than 350 million passengers annually throughout the United States in 39 states, Puerto Rico, Panam ...

. Prior to 2002, CT Transit Stamford routes were identified by letters rather than numbers, just like the systems in Hartford and New Haven. Some bus stop signs outside of downtown Stamford and Greenwich still display the route letters. On Sunday, August 14, 2016, buses serving the Stamford area, with the exception of the I-Bus, were numbered 301 through 399. On December 27, 2022, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced it would switch its operator if its Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford divisions of CT Transit from First Transit to RATP Dev USA, a division of France's

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. The contract became effective at the start of 2023, and lasts for four years, and includes a clause that the

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can extend the contract for two more years twice.

Routes

These are the routes operated by CT Transit in the Stamford Division.

Local, Express, and Commuter Connections

References

External links

Official website for CT TransitI-Bus Express Route 971 Information
{{Connecticut transit Bus transportation in Connecticut Surface transportation in Greater New York Train-related introductions in 1976 Transportation in Fairfield County, Connecticut Transportation in Stamford, Connecticut

History

Routes

Local, Express, and Commuter Connections

See also

References

External links