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Remembering The Days of the Trolleys

BEFORE BUSES TROLLEYS SERVED US WELL

(A TROLLEY CAR BACK IN THE DAY )

BACK IN THE DAY before buses life was basically simple in regards to transportation was the trolley.Cheaper to ride than the train people used the system as a mode of transportation.The BRIDGEPORT TRACTION COMPANY ran the trolleys.IT was affordable so easy to get to work etc.ITS'PREDESSOR was BRIDGEPORT HORSE RAILWAY./BRIDGEPORT RAILWAY CO./EAST END RAILWAY CO./LATER C.R.L. BUS ;INES took hold of the routes and buses came about making the TROLLEY-kind of out dated.STREET CARS-were used at one time across the state.WITH buses in 1937 things changed,.LATER THE GREATER TRANSIT DISTRICT took over and now have the bus routes business/BRIDGEPORTS'HISTORY on trolleys adds another part of the cities 'growth-over the yeats.

AUTHOR/HISTORIAN RICH SATTANNI/AUTHOR OF 15 NOVELS/CONTACT RICH AT rsauthor00@gmail.com

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