diff --git a/chronos/transports/common.nim b/chronos/transports/common.nim
index cbec5d6..5a9072c 100644
--- a/chronos/transports/common.nim
+++ b/chronos/transports/common.nim
@@ -574,10 +574,8 @@ template getTransportUseClosedError*(): ref TransportUseClosedError =
   newException(TransportUseClosedError, "Transport is already closed!")
 
 template getTransportOsError*(err: OSErrorCode): ref TransportOsError =
-  var msg = "(" & $int(err) & ") " & osErrorMsg(err)
-  var tre = newException(TransportOsError, msg)
-  tre.code = err
-  tre
+  (ref TransportOsError)(
+    code: err, msg: "(" & $int(err) & ") " & osErrorMsg(err))
 
 template getTransportOsError*(err: cint): ref TransportOsError =
   getTransportOsError(OSErrorCode(err))
@@ -608,15 +606,16 @@ template getTransportTooManyError*(
          ): ref TransportTooManyError =
   let msg =
     when defined(posix):
-      if code == OSErrorCode(0):
+      case code
+      of OSErrorCode(0):
         "Too many open transports"
-      elif code == oserrno.EMFILE:
+      of EMFILE:
         "[EMFILE] Too many open files in the process"
-      elif code == oserrno.ENFILE:
+      of ENFILE:
         "[ENFILE] Too many open files in system"
-      elif code == oserrno.ENOBUFS:
+      of ENOBUFS:
         "[ENOBUFS] No buffer space available"
-      elif code == oserrno.ENOMEM:
+      of ENOMEM:
         "[ENOMEM] Not enough memory availble"
       else:
         "[" & $int(code) & "] Too many open transports"
@@ -649,23 +648,26 @@ template getConnectionAbortedError*(
          ): ref TransportAbortedError =
   let msg =
     when defined(posix):
-      if code == OSErrorCode(0):
+      case code
+      of OSErrorCode(0), ECONNABORTED:
         "[ECONNABORTED] Connection has been aborted before being accepted"
-      elif code == oserrno.EPERM:
+      of EPERM:
         "[EPERM] Firewall rules forbid connection"
-      elif code == oserrno.ETIMEDOUT:
+      of ETIMEDOUT:
         "[ETIMEDOUT] Operation has been timed out"
+      of ENOTCONN:
+        "[ENOTCONN] Transport endpoint is not connected"
       else:
         "[" & $int(code) & "] Connection has been aborted"
     elif defined(windows):
       case code
-      of OSErrorCode(0), oserrno.WSAECONNABORTED:
+      of OSErrorCode(0), WSAECONNABORTED:
         "[ECONNABORTED] Connection has been aborted before being accepted"
       of WSAENETDOWN:
         "[ENETDOWN] Network is down"
-      of oserrno.WSAENETRESET:
+      of WSAENETRESET:
         "[ENETRESET] Network dropped connection on reset"
-      of oserrno.WSAECONNRESET:
+      of WSAECONNRESET:
         "[ECONNRESET] Connection reset by peer"
       of WSAETIMEDOUT:
         "[ETIMEDOUT] Connection timed out"
@@ -675,3 +677,42 @@ template getConnectionAbortedError*(
       "[" & $int(code) & "] Connection has been aborted"
 
   newException(TransportAbortedError, msg)
+
+template getTransportError*(ecode: OSErrorCode): untyped =
+  when defined(posix):
+    case ecode
+    of ECONNABORTED, EPERM, ETIMEDOUT, ENOTCONN:
+      getConnectionAbortedError(ecode)
+    of EMFILE, ENFILE, ENOBUFS, ENOMEM:
+      getTransportTooManyError(ecode)
+    else:
+      getTransportOsError(ecode)
+  else:
+    case ecode
+    of WSAECONNABORTED, WSAENETDOWN, WSAENETRESET, WSAECONNRESET, WSAETIMEDOUT:
+      getConnectionAbortedError(ecode)
+    of ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES, WSAENOBUFS, WSAEMFILE:
+      getTransportTooManyError(ecode)
+    else:
+      getTransportOsError(ecode)
+
+proc raiseTransportError*(ecode: OSErrorCode) {.
+     raises: [TransportAbortedError, TransportTooManyError, TransportOsError],
+     noreturn.} =
+  ## Raises transport specific OS error.
+  when defined(posix):
+    case ecode
+    of ECONNABORTED, EPERM, ETIMEDOUT, ENOTCONN:
+      raise getConnectionAbortedError(ecode)
+    of EMFILE, ENFILE, ENOBUFS, ENOMEM:
+      raise getTransportTooManyError(ecode)
+    else:
+      raise getTransportOsError(ecode)
+  else:
+    case ecode
+    of WSAECONNABORTED, WSAENETDOWN, WSAENETRESET, WSAECONNRESET, WSAETIMEDOUT:
+      raise getConnectionAbortedError(ecode)
+    of ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES, WSAENOBUFS, WSAEMFILE:
+      raise getTransportTooManyError(ecode)
+    else:
+      raise getTransportOsError(ecode)
diff --git a/chronos/transports/stream.nim b/chronos/transports/stream.nim
index 18d6a50..3abd942 100644
--- a/chronos/transports/stream.nim
+++ b/chronos/transports/stream.nim
@@ -141,30 +141,28 @@ type
                                       # transport for new client
 
 proc remoteAddress*(transp: StreamTransport): TransportAddress {.
-    raises: [TransportError].} =
+    raises: [TransportAbortedError, TransportTooManyError, TransportOsError].} =
   ## Returns ``transp`` remote socket address.
-  if transp.kind != TransportKind.Socket:
-    raise newException(TransportError, "Socket required!")
+  doAssert(transp.kind == TransportKind.Socket, "Socket transport required!")
   if transp.remote.family == AddressFamily.None:
     var saddr: Sockaddr_storage
     var slen = SockLen(sizeof(saddr))
     if getpeername(SocketHandle(transp.fd), cast[ptr SockAddr](addr saddr),
                    addr slen) != 0:
-      raiseTransportOsError(osLastError())
+      raiseTransportError(osLastError())
     fromSAddr(addr saddr, slen, transp.remote)
   transp.remote
 
 proc localAddress*(transp: StreamTransport): TransportAddress {.
-    raises: [TransportError].} =
+    raises: [TransportAbortedError, TransportTooManyError, TransportOsError].} =
   ## Returns ``transp`` local socket address.
-  if transp.kind != TransportKind.Socket:
-    raise newException(TransportError, "Socket required!")
+  doAssert(transp.kind == TransportKind.Socket, "Socket transport required!")
   if transp.local.family == AddressFamily.None:
     var saddr: Sockaddr_storage
     var slen = SockLen(sizeof(saddr))
     if getsockname(SocketHandle(transp.fd), cast[ptr SockAddr](addr saddr),
                    addr slen) != 0:
-      raiseTransportOsError(osLastError())
+      raiseTransportError(osLastError())
     fromSAddr(addr saddr, slen, transp.local)
   transp.local