# CT Transit New Britain & 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 Britain, downtown Bristol, along the Berlin Turnpike, at UConn Health, at Tunxis Community College, CT Transit Waterbury Division and Middletown Area Transit in Cromwell. Service in both divisions operates daily (including major holidays) along 13 routes.

## Routes

These are the routes in the New Britain and Bristol Divisions. The 41 route (formerly P route) is contiguous with Hartford Division. As of December 8, 2014, each New Britain or Bristol route is now identified by a numbered route between 501 and 549.

### New Britain routes

| Route (new) | Route (old) | Route Name | Outbound terminus | Outbound connections | Notes | Operator |
| 41 | P | Hartford | 41 (P): Hartford via Newington Center HNB: Hartford via I-84 | Downtown Hartford: CTtransit Hartford: all routes CTfastrak: 101, 102, 121, 128, 923, 924, 925, 928 | All Route 41 trips run locally, save for the rush hour HNB route to or from New Britain via I-84. | DATTCO CTtransit Hartford |
| 501 | AR | Arch St | 501 (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Kensington Avenue 501C (AR): Hosp of Central CT-Chamberlain Hwy | | Route 501C to Clinic Dr. is the last trip of the day. Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station. Provides through-route service to Route 505 (Burritt St). | New Britain Transportation |
| 502 | PB/PL | Black Rock Ave | 502 (PB): Bristol City Hall via Plainville Ctr | Plainville Center: CTtransit New Britain: 503(C) CTfastrak: 102 Downtown Bristol: CTtransit Bristol: 541(BL), 542, 543 CTfastrak: 102, 923 | | New Britain Transportation |
| 503 | C | Corbin Ave | 503 (C): CT Commons-Tunxis Comm College | Plainville Center: CTtransit New Britain: 502(PB) CTfastrak: 102 Tunxis Community College:CTtransit Bristol: 541(BL) CTtransit Hartford: 66(E) | Through-route service is available with Route 541 at Tunxis Community College (Farmington). | New Britain Transportation |
| 505 | B | Burritt St | 505 (B): Hosp for Special Care-Pinnacle Business Park | | Operates outbound from Downtown New Britain via Broad St. and inbound via Myrtle St. Serves CTfastrak's New Britain Station. Provides through-route service to Route 501 (Arch St). | New Britain Transportation |
| 506 | F | Farmington Ave | 506 (F): UCONN Health 506F (F): Farm Springs-UCONN Health | UConn Health Center: CTtransit Hartford: 66(E) CTfastrak: 121 Batterson Park Park & Ride: CTtransit Hartford: 902 (2) | | New Britain Transportation |
| 507 | O | Oak St | 507 (O): CCSU-Country Club Rd | CCSU: CTfastrak: 128, 140, 144 | | New Britain Transportation |
| 508 | S | Stanley St | Route 508 has been replaced by the new Route 128 (Hartford/New Britain via Westfarms & Stanley St) in its entirety. Route 128 will then continue to Downtown Hartford via New Britain Ave. in West Hartford (and serves the same stops as Route 39) and the CTfastrak guideway. Although neither Brittany Farms nor Country Club Rd. will be served by Route 128, passengers can transfer to Route 507 at CCSU for service to Country Club and Alexander Rds. or the new Route 144 (Westfarms/Wethersfield via Newington Center) at Westfarms for service to Brittany Farms. | | | New Britain Transportation |
| 509 | ES | East St | 509 (ES): Dix & Fifth | East Main St Station (CTfastrak): CTfastrak: 101, 102, 128 | Provides through-route service to Route 510 (South St). | DATTCO |
| 510 | SS | South St | 510 (SS): CT DSS (New Britn) 510C (SS): CT DSS(New Britn)–Corbin Russwin 510J (SS): CT DSS (New Britn) via John Downey Dr 510S (SS): Fulton St | | The 510C trips to Corbin Russwin and 510D trips to the New Britain Industrial area (John Downey Dr) operate weekdays only at peak times. Provides through-route service to Route 509 (East St). | DATTCO |
| 511 | N/A | New Britain/Meriden | | Meriden Transit Center | | New Britain Transportation |
| 512 | BK/TPK | South Main St | 512C (BK): Berlin RR Sta (Amtrak)-Walmart Cromwell-Berlin Tpke 512N (FE): NORPACO FOODS via Route 9 512 (BK): Berlin RR Sta (Amtrak)-Webster Square | Walmart, Cromwell: Middletown Area Transit: E, M Price Chopper, Newington:CTtransit Hartford: 45(BTF), 47(T), 69(W) | When Route 45 (Berlin Tpke. Flyer) is unavailable, Hartford area passengers can transfer to Route 512 at Price Chopper/Dick's to get to Walmart (Newington) and Stew Leonard's. | New Britain Transportation |
| 513 | N/A | New Britain/Cromwell | | | | New Britain Transportation |

### Bristol routes

The following routes connect with CTfastrak Route 102 (Hartford/Bristol via New Britain) and 923 (Hartford Express) at the Bristol City Hall:
| Route (new) | Route (old) | Route Name | Outbound terminus | Notes |
| 502 | PB | Black Rock Ave | 502: Downtown Bristol via Plainville Center | Connects with Route 503 (Corbin Ave) at Plainville Center. |
| 532 | N/A | Queen St | | Effective: 03/10/2014 |
| 541 | BL | Bristol Local | 541B: Tunxis Comm Coll via Birchwood Manor 541C: Tunxis Comm Coll via Bristol Senior Center | Connects with Routes 66 (Farmington Ave) to Downtown Hartford at Tunxis Community College. Through-route service is available with Route 503 (Corbin Ave) to Downtown New Britain. |
| 542 | N/A | Bristol Hospital | 542: Bristol Hospital via Goodwin St | Provides through-route service available to Hartford via CTfastrak Route 102. |
| 543 | N/A | West St | 543: Gaylord Towers | |