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
|
201
|Madison |201 (S1): Madison via US 1 |New Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison |
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204
|East Haven |204 (F3): Branford Green |Wooster Square, Annex, East Haven, Branford |
|
206
|East Chapel St |206 (G2): Tweed NH Airport-Lighthouse Rd |Fair Haven, Fair Haven Heights, Annex, East Shore |
|
212
|Grand Ave |212 (D): Ferry St |Fair Haven, Fair Haven Heights |
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213
|North Branford |213X (L1): North Branford Center via Maple & Carol |Quinnipiac Meadows, East Haven (Foxon), North Branford |
|
215
|North Haven/Meriden |215 (C3): North Haven Center via Grand Ave 215X: Amazon |Fair Haven Heights, Quinnipiac Meadows, North Haven, Wallingford, Meriden |
|
223
|Lombard St |223 (Q1): Clinton Park |
|
224
|224 (M5): State & Ridge |East Rock, Hamden, North Haven |
|
228
|Whitney Ave |228 (J) Davis St |East Rock, Prospect Hill, Hamden, Cheshire |
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229
|Waterbury |229 (J4) Waterbury via Whitney Ave |East Rock, Prospect Hill, Hamden, Cheshire, Waterbury |
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234
|Winchester Ave |234 (O4): Millrock Rd |Prospect Hill, Newhallville, Hamden |
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237
|Shelton Ave |237 (G1): Marlboro St 237B: Marlboro St-Brookside |
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238
|Dixwell Ave |238 (D5): Hamden Plaza |Dixwell, Newhallville, Hamden |
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241
|Goffe St |241 (Z1): West Hills |Dixwell, Beaver Hills, West Rock, Amity |
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243
|Whalley Ave |243A (B2): Amity Rd-Amity Shopping Ctr |Westville, West Rock, Amity, Woodbridge |
|
246
|Edgewood Ave |246 (Q2): Fountain St |Dwight, Edgewood, Westville, Amity |
|
254
|West Chapel St |254 (F5): Ella Grasso Blvd |
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255
|Ansonia-Seymour |255 (F6): Ansonia-Seymour via West Chapel St & Derby RR Station |Dwight, West River, Derby, Shelton, Ansonia, Seymour |
|
261 261x |261 (O2): Westfield CT Post |The Hill, West River, West Haven, Orange, Milford |
|
265
|Congress Ave |265 (B): West Haven Center |The Hill, West Haven Center |
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268
|Washington Ave |268 (M1): New Haven Career Campus |
|
271
|Kimberly Ave |271 (J): Ella Grasso Blvd |The Hill, City Point, West Haven, Woodmont, Milford |
|
272
|Union Ave |272 (J): Union Station | |
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274
|Sargent Dr |274 (Z2): Long Wharf |Long Wharf |
|
278
|New Haven Connector Downtown Loop |Union Station |Downtown New Haven |
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950
|Hartford Express |950 (20 [née 42]): Hartford Express |New Haven, North Haven, Middletown, Wethersfield, Hartford |
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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
- Connecticut Transit Hartford
- Connecticut Transit New Britain and Bristol
- Connecticut Transit Stamford
- Northeast Transportation Company
All of the above provide CT Transit route service.
References
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External links
- [http://www.cttransit.com Official website for CT Transit]
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Category:Bus transportation in Connecticut
Category:Surface transportation in Greater New York
Category:Transportation in New Haven, Connecticut