New Britain Transportation Co

New Britain Transportation Co is a trucking company in New Britain, CT. The company has been a family-run passenger transportation business since 1920, founded by Peter A. and Rose F. Agostini. Today it serves Berlin, Bristol, New Britain, Plainville, and portions of Cromwell, Farmington, Meriden, Newington, and West Hartford. The company provides city bus service, charter bus reservations, and school bus transportation for Berlin, Meriden, Rocky Hill, and Southington, and operates Deluxe Transportation services. It accepts all major credit cards. New Britain Transportation Co holds a 4.00 rating based on reviews from customers.

The company was founded when Peter A. Agostini purchased a 1920 Atlas Bus and competed with the trolley car for a "Nickel a Ride." It survived the Great Depression and expanded that same year by purchasing Parlor Car Equipment, becoming a pioneer in motor coach service under the name Blue Goose Stages. When Blue Goose Stages ended in 1933, the company shifted its focus to charter service. Over the following decades, New Britain Transportation Co grew through a series of acquisitions: the Wagner Service in 1954, the Bristol Traction Company in 1965, and the Oak Street Bus Line in 1969. The company relocated its office and garage to 257 Woodlawn Road in 1970 and began transporting students to and from school in Southington in 1972. Operations are now run from the corporate headquarters at 257 Woodlawn Rd in Berlin, with additional locations on Woodlawn Road in Berlin, on North Broad Street and South Vine Street in Meriden, and on Norton Street in Plantsville. The company carries a Title VI policy statement and maintains dedicated Safety and Training and Employee Information departments, with a transit information line and separate phone extensions for city bus services and employment inquiries.

Family ownership has defined the company across three generations of Agostini leadership, beginning in 1946 with Peter R. Agostini and continuing with Donald J. Agostini, who became President in 1969.