Connecticut Transit Stamford (CT Transit Stamford Division) is the division of
Connecticut 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 Connecticut Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation. CTtransit provides bus service vi ...
for the Stamford metropolitan area. In Stamford it provides service on 18 routes around
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 ...
, with routes centered on
downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Stamford and providing local bus service to
Norwalk, CT
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Greenwich, CT
Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...
,
Darien, CT,
Port Chester, NY
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, and express bus service to
White Plains, NY
(Always Faithful)
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. CT Transit Stamford's service area overlaps that of the
Norwalk Transit District
The Norwalk Transit District is the primary provider of public transportation services in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, and surrounding communities. The local Norwalk fixed-route bus transit system, known as WHEELS, is the primary servic ...
in Norwalk and Greenwich, and the
Bee Line Bus in Port Chester and White Plains.
Since 1979, the
Hartford
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
, New Haven, and Stamford divisions of CT Transit have been 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 ...
.
Routes
These are the routes operated by CT Transit in the Stamford Division.
Note: 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.
Local, Express, and Commuter Connections
See also
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Connecticut Transit Hartford
Connecticut Transit Hartford (CTtransit Hartford Division) is the largest division of Connecticut Transit, providing service on 43 local routes, 5 "flyer" limited stop routes and 18 express routes throughout 27 towns in Hartford County, including ...
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Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol
CT New Britain Division and CT Bristol Division is one division of Connecticut Transit that collectively provides local bus service to four towns in the Central Connecticut Region with connections to CT Transit Hartford Division in downtown New ...
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Connecticut Transit New Haven
Connecticut Transit New Haven is the second largest division of Connecticut Transit, providing service on 24 routes in 19 towns within the Greater New Haven and Lower Naugatuck River Valley areas, with connections to other CT Transit routes in ...
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Northeast Transportation Company
The Northeast Transportation Company is the operator of local bus service in the cities of Waterbury, Naugatuck, Meriden, and Wallingford, operating under contract to Connecticut Transit.
Waterbury routes
All routes originate from the Waterbu ...
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