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Connecticut Transportation |
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New York City and Boston have the major airports serving Connecticut. Trains run along the shoreline between New York and Providence RI and Boston, and there's useful bus service. |
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AIR CTTransit scheduled city buses shuttle passengers between the airport and the center of Hartford CT. Many other bus and limousine services can take you anywhere in New England. TRAIN Stopovers are allowed at no extra charge on most trains, so if you buy a ticket from New York to Boston, the stops in New Haven, New London, and Mystic, or New Haven and Hartford, need cost no more. It is usually possible to catch a train from New York in the morning, be in Mystic by noon, tour Mystic Seaport thoroughly, catch another train around 5 pm, arrive in Providence by about 6 pm and Boston by 8 pm. The trip from New York to Hartford on Regional trains takes less than 3 hours; to New Haven, about 1-1/2 hours; to New London, about 2-3/4 hours; to Mystic, about 3 hours. Times are faster—but station stops fewer and fares higher—on the sleek Acela Express trains. Besides the Amtrak trains, there are frequent and cheaper commuter trains operated on the New Haven Line by Metro-North Railroad. These trains depart New York City's Grand Central Terminal for New Haven hourly from about 7 am until after midnight on weekdays, with even more frequent runs during rush hours. Service on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays is almost as frequent, with trains at least every 2 hours. The trip by Metro-North to New Haven takes 1 hour and 40 minutes. The big advantages of the Metro-North trains over Amtrak on the trip to New Haven are the convenience of Grand Central Terminal (midtown NYC), and the great frequency of trains. BUS The trip from New York City to New London takes about 3 or 3 1/2 hours, depending on stops. It's difficult to take a bus to Mystic Seaport—the train is the best way to get there. From Hartford, Bonanza has buses to Providence and Hyannis; Vermont Transit operates buses to Vermont, New Hampshire, Montréal, and Québec City. All the large lines have buses between Hartford and Boston. In Hartford, the bus stations and the railroad station are all within a block of one another close to downtown. The terminal for Vermont Transit, and Bonanza is at 409 Church St. SEAT, the Southeast Area Transit system, operates buses connectiong the southeastern Connecticut cities of New London, Groton, Niantic and Norwich with the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribal reservations and their gambling casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods. |
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A beautiful scene in Guilford CT.
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