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Magic Carpet Bus
The Magic Carpet Bus is a local bus service in Enfield, Connecticut. The system operates two routes in downtown Enfield and provides transfer to CT Transit service to Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. ADA paratransit is also operated as part of the Magic Carpet system within .75 miles of its routes. Starting in the 1990s Enfield had local bus service in the form of Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, PVTA Route Red 16, which originated in Springfield and continued down to Enfield center and Asnuntuck Community College. In 2002 the route was cancelled, as the town of Enfield was unable to pay the $70,000 PVTA required of it that year. Between 2002 and 2012 Enfield was served by only two public bus routes. One route was run by CT Transit (Route 5; now 905) and the other by PVTA (Route G5), with both meeting at the Enfield MassMutual office. With a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development received by the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enfield, Connecticut
Enfield is a New England town, town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 42,141 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, to the north, Somers, Connecticut, Somers to the east, East Windsor, Connecticut, East Windsor and Ellington, Connecticut, Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River (towns of Suffield, Connecticut, Suffield and Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Windsor Locks) to the west. History Enfield was originally inhabited by the Podunk people, and contained their two villages of Scitico and Nameroke. Though land grants were first granted in 1674, no one attempted to settle what is known as Enfield until 1679 when the Pease Brothers of Robert and John II, settlers from Salem, Massachusetts came in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
