CT Transit New Haven

{{Short description|Bus operator in Connecticut}}

{{More citations needed|date=October 2018}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox Bus transit

| name = CT New Haven

| logo = CTtransit logo.png

| logo_size = 50

| image = CTT XD40 1750.jpg

| image_size = 256px

| image_caption = CT Transit New Haven Division New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 1750 heading to garage after a run on (formerly) the M3.

| company_slogan =

| parent = Connecticut Department of Transportation

| founded = 1976

| headquarters = 2061 State St.
Hamden, Connecticut 06517

| locale = Connecticut

| service_area = Greater New Haven

| service_type = Local bus service

| alliance =

| routes = 24 local
1 flyer
2 commuter shuttle

| destinations =

| stops =

| hubs = New Haven Green

| stations =

| lounge =

| fleet = 114

| ridership =

| fuel_type =

| operator = RATP Dev, USA

| ceo = Thomas E. Stringer, Jr. HNS General Manager

| website = [http://www.cttransit.com Official Website]

}}

CT New Haven{{Cite web |title=Local Service |url=https://www.cttransit.com/services/local-service#route-new%20haven |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=CT Transit}} is the second largest division of Connecticut Transit, providing service on 24 routes in 19 towns within the Greater New Haven and Lower Naugatuck River Valley areas, with connections to other CT Transit routes in Waterbury and Meriden, as well as connections to systems in Milford and Bridgeport at the Connecticut Post Mall.

Since 1979, the Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford divisions of CT Transit have been operated by First Transit. Service is operated seven days a week on 24 routes.

Routes

=Regular routes=

All routes below originate from the New Haven Green. Through service is provided between routes with the same letter. In October 2017, CTtransit New Haven transitioned their routes from letters to numbers, and are now identified as routes 201-299.{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2017 |title=Important information regarding the route renumbering and renaming for CTtransit's New Haven-area bus routes |url=https://www.cttransit.com/news/important-information-regarding-route-renumbering-and-renaming-cttransits-new-haven-area-bus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322204718/https://www.cttransit.com/news/important-information-regarding-route-renumbering-and-renaming-cttransits-new-haven-area-bus |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |access-date=January 8, 2019 |website=CT Transit}}

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!Route

!Route name

!Terminus

!Neighborhoods/towns served

!Notes

USS

|Union Station Shuttle

| Union Station

| USS: Union Station Free Shuttle

| Downtown New Haven

  • This is a free shuttle connecting Union Station with the New Haven Green and the Temple Street Garage, and a surface lot at the former Coliseum site.
201

|Madison

|201 (S1): Madison via US 1

|New Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison

|

  • Connects to Route 204 (formerly Route F) at Branford Green.
  • Connects to 9-Town Transit at the Scranton Gazebo in Madison.
  • No service on Sunday.
204

|East Haven

|204 (F3): Branford Green
204 (F4): Walmart (Branford)
204M (F2): Momauguin

|Wooster Square, Annex, East Haven, Branford

|

  • Connects to Route 201 (formerly Route S) at Branford Green.
  • Night and Sunday service to East Haven Center is provided by Route 206E (formerly Route GF).
  • Provides through-route service to Route 254 (West Chapel St) or Route 255 (Ansonia/Seymour).
206

|East Chapel St

|206 (G2): Tweed NH Airport-Lighthouse Rd
206E (GF): Tweed NH Airport-East Haven Center
206F (G): Ferry St

|Fair Haven, Fair Haven Heights, Annex, East Shore

|

  • Night and Sunday service to East Haven Center is provided by Route 206E (formerly Route GF).
  • Provides through-route service to Route 237 (Shelton Ave).
  • Provides service to Tweed New Haven Airport
212

|Grand Ave

|212 (D): Ferry St
212B (D3): Bella Vista
212F (D12): Bella Vista-Walmart (New Haven)-Foxon Rd
212F (DL): Bella Vista-Foxon Rd-North Branford
212U (D13): Bella Vista-Walmart-Universal Dr
212U (D14): Universal Dr-North Haven Center
212UX (C4): UNIVERSAL DR via I-91
212W (D4): Bella Vista-Walmart (New Haven)

|Fair Haven, Fair Haven Heights

|

  • Route 212F to North Branford operates weekdays only.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 238 (Dixwell Ave).
213

|North Branford

|213X (L1): North Branford Center via Maple & Carol
213X (L2): North Branford Center via Foxon Rd

|Quinnipiac Meadows, East Haven (Foxon), North Branford

|

  • Weekday service only
215

|North Haven/Meriden

|215 (C3): North Haven Center via Grand Ave
215X (C3X): North Haven Center via I-91
215M (C1): Meriden TC via Grand Ave
215MX (C1X): Meriden TC via I-91
215W (C2): Wallingford via Grand Ave
215WX (C2X): Wallingford via I-91

215X: Amazon

|Fair Haven Heights, Quinnipiac Meadows, North Haven, Wallingford, Meriden

|

  • Route 215M connects to the new CTrail Hartford Line, Route 919 Express to Hartford, Meriden Routes 561, 563, 564, 565 & 566, and the M-Link to Middletown at the Meriden Transit Center.
  • Routes 215M & 215W connect to Wallingford Routes 291 & 292 at Wallingford Green.
  • Service to Universal Dr. in North Haven is operated by Route 212U.
223

|Lombard St

|223 (Q1): Clinton Park
223W (Q3): Walmart (New Haven)

|East Rock, Fair Haven

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 246 (Edgewood Ave).
224

|State St

|224 (M5): State & Ridge
224D (M3): Devine St
224N (M4): Northside

|East Rock, Hamden, North Haven

|

  • Route 224D Connects to the 950-Hartford Express at the Devine Prk & Ride.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 268 (Washington Ave).
228

|Whitney Ave

|228 (J) Davis St
228C (J1): Centerville
228C (J2): Centerville via Hamden Hills & Hamden Plaza
228C (J3): Centerville-Cheshire
228H (J8): Hamden Plaza via Skiff St

|East Rock, Prospect Hill, Hamden, Cheshire

|

  • Route 228C also provides part-time service to Quinnipiac University.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 271 (Kimberly Ave).
229

|Waterbury

|229 (J4) Waterbury via Whitney Ave
229X (J4X): Waterbury via I-91

|East Rock, Prospect Hill, Hamden, Cheshire, Waterbury

|

  • Connects to the CTtransit Waterbury routes and Route 925 (or 928) express to Hartford at the Exchange Place on West Main St.
  • Provides through-route service to Routes 271 (Kimberly Ave) or 272 (Union Ave).
234

|Winchester Ave

|234 (O4): Millrock Rd
234P (O5): Davenport Apts
234P (O7): Davenport Apts-Putnam Place

|Prospect Hill, Newhallville, Hamden

|

  • Possibly getting combined with another route in October 2017.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 261 (Boston Post Rd).
237

|Shelton Ave

|237 (G1): Marlboro St
237P (G3): Marlboro St-Putnam Place
237P (G4): Marlboro St-Pine Rock

237B: Marlboro St-Brookside

|Dixwell, Newhallville

|

  • Route 237P (formerly Route G4) route replaced the old O6 route to Pine Rock Ave on January 6, 2013.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 206 (East Chapel St).
238

|Dixwell Ave

|238 (D5): Hamden Plaza
238C (D6): Hamden Plaza-Hamden Hills-Centerville
238C (D7): Hamden Plaza-Centerville
238C (D8): Hamden Plaza-Hamden Hills-Centerville via Circular Av
238C(D9): Hamden Plaza-Centerville via Circular Av
238P (D10): Putnam Place

|Dixwell, Newhallville, Hamden

|

  • No service to Centerville on Saturday, limited service to Centerville on Sunday.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 212 (Grand Ave).
241

|Goffe St

|241 (Z1): West Hills
246A (FQZ): EDGEWOOD AVE-Amity Rd/West Hills via West Chapel St (weeknights and all day Sunday)

|Dixwell, Beaver Hills, West Rock, Amity

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 274 (Sargent Dr).
243

|Whalley Ave

|243A (B2): Amity Rd-Amity Shopping Ctr
243A (B3): Amity Rd-JCC
243A (B3): Amity Road-JCC-Seymour
243B (B1): SCSU-Brookside

|Westville, West Rock, Amity, Woodbridge

|

  • AM trips to Seymour continue to New Haven via Route 255 (formerly route F).
  • PM trips operate via Route 255 to Seymour, then continue to New Haven via Route 243.
  • Provides through-route service to Route 265 (Congress Ave).
246

|Edgewood Ave

|246 (Q2): Fountain St
246A (Q4): Amity Rd
246A (FQZ): Amity Rd/West Hills via West Chapel St (weeknights and all day Sunday)

|Dwight, Edgewood, Westville, Amity

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 223 (Lombard St).
  • Provides service to the Yale Bowl and Yale University athletic fields.
254

|West Chapel St

|254 (F5): Ella Grasso Blvd
246A (FQZ): EDGEWOOD AVE-Amity Rd/West Hills via West Chapel St

|Dwight, West River

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 204 (East Haven).
255

|Ansonia-Seymour

|255 (F6): Ansonia-Seymour via West Chapel St & Derby RR Station

|Dwight, West River, Derby, Shelton, Ansonia, Seymour

|

  • Connects with Routes 15 & 23 to Bridgeport at the Derby RR Station (Metro North).
  • Provides through-route service to Route 204 (East Haven).
261

261x

|Boston Post Rd

|261 (O2): Westfield CT Post
261X (55X, formerly PMF): CT Post Mall via I-95

|The Hill, West River, West Haven, Orange, Milford

|

  • Connects to the Coastal Link through Greater Bridgeport Transit, Milford Transit District, and Norwalk Transit District, as well as Milford Transit District local route 4.
265

|Congress Ave

|265 (B): West Haven Center
265B (B4): Bull Hill Ln/Sawmill Rd
265B (BO): Bull Hill Ln/Sawmill Rd via Boston Post Rd
265B (BJO): Bull Hill Ln via Boston Post Rd & Union Station
265R (B5): Oyster River
265R (B6): Oyster River via Railroad Ave
265S (B7): Savin Rock

|The Hill, West Haven Center

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 243 (Whalley Ave).
268

|Washington Ave

|268 (M1): New Haven Career Campus
268C (M2): Veterans Hosp-Coleman & Greta
268B (M7): Veterans Hosp-Bull Hill Ln
268C (ZM): Long Wharf-Veterans Hosp-Coleman & Greta via Sargent Dr

|The Hill, West Haven

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 224 (State St).
271

|Kimberly Ave

|271 (J): Ella Grasso Blvd

271M (J7): Milford Green
271M (J7): Milford Green-CT Post Mall
271R (J6): Oyster River (Sunday only)
271S (J5): Savin Rock

|The Hill, City Point, West Haven, Woodmont, Milford

|

272

|Union Ave

|272 (J): Union Station
268B (BJO): CONGRESS AVE-Bull Hill Ln via Boston Post Rd & Union Station

|

|

  • Provides through-route service to ROute 228 (Whitney Ave) or Route 229 (Waterbury).
274

|Sargent Dr

|274 (Z2): Long Wharf
274C (Z3): City Point
268C (ZM): WASHINGTON AVE-Long Wharf-Veterans Hosp-Coleman & Greta

|Long Wharf

|

  • Provides through-route service to Route 241 (Goffe St).
278

|New Haven Connector Downtown Loop

|Union Station

|Downtown New Haven

|

  • Service coordinates with Amtrak, Shore Line East, Hartford Line, and MetroNorth Trains.
  • Weekday service only
950

|Hartford Express

|950 (20 [née 42]): Hartford Express

|New Haven, North Haven, Middletown, Wethersfield, Hartford

|

  • Serves New Haven Union Station
  • Serves the Devine Park & Ride in North Haven, the Country Club Park & Ride in Middletown, and the Wolcott Hill Park & Ride in Wethersfield.
  • Serves Hartford Union Station.
  • Operated by Arrow Line Acquisition/ Peter Pan Bus Lines.{{Cite web |title=Schedules |url=https://www.cttransit.com/schedules?combine_route_name_no=New%20Haven-Hartford%20Express |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=CT Transit}}

Operation

The system operates with a spoke-hub distribution paradigm, with all routes meeting at New Haven Green.{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Existing Conditions and Evaluation of the Greater New Haven Bus System |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e3fd6fd1758e2877e24804/t/59bfe1f1f43b5503bd164dc9/1505747734649/DRAFT+FINAL+Move+New+Haven+Phase+1+Report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706165605/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e3fd6fd1758e2877e24804/t/59bfe1f1f43b5503bd164dc9/1505747734649/DRAFT+FINAL+Move+New+Haven+Phase+1+Report.pdf |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |website=}}

See also

References

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