Express Services
Express fares are based on the number of zones traveled. The minimum fare is 2 zones, the maximum fare is 5 zones. Many express routes operate weekdays during peak hours mostly between suburban Park & Ride lots and downtown Hartford. Several express routes operate 7 days a week.
Use the Trip Planner or click on the route listing to go to Schedules (presented in PDF format) for details on individual route schedules and stop locations.
Express
Effective 8/22/2021, three connector routes: the AH – Asylum Hill Connector, the CB – Columbus Blvd. Connector and the SC – State Capitol Connector will now operate on weekday mornings & afternoons. Routes AH, CB & SC are FREE services designed to connect bus & rail customers with employment destinations in or near the downtown area.
Weekday service (no service Saturday or Sunday).
Fares on all Routes — Including Express Bus Routes — Must be Paid Upon Boarding
Free Parking: Avon Park & Ride, Wal-Mart Plaza, Canton Park & Ride, Routes 44 & 179
Effective 8/22/2021, Express service to the Corbins Park & Ride will be discontinued. Alternate service will be provided by CTfastrak Routes 121 & 128. Service to Farm Springs will continue to be provided.
Fares on all Routes — Including Express Bus Routes — Must be Paid Upon Boarding
Weekday service (no service Saturday or Sunday).
Fares on all Routes — Including Express Bus Routes — Must be Paid Upon Boarding
Free Parking: Buckland Park & Ride Buckland Street & Pleasant Valley Road, Manchester (I-84 Exit 62)
Fares on all Routes — Including Express Bus Routes — Must be Paid Upon Boarding
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 22, 2021:
Weekdays
Some trips on Route 906 to the Cromwell Park & Ride will be replaced by trips on Route 919. Service to Cromwell Hills will continue to be provided on a part-time basis.
Posted 6/22/22: There is an error in the current printed timetable for Route 910. The 6:02, 6:42 & 7:27AM trips from Hartford to Rocky Hill do not pick up at Columbus Blvd. & Bob Steele Way. Please board these trips at Central Row instead. An updated timetable reflecting the corrected pick up times/locations will be available soon. On line version corrected.
Fares on all Routes — Including Express Bus Routes — Must be Paid Upon Boarding
Due to the current traffic pattern at the University of Hartford, inbound buses will continue to bypass the U of H campus bus stop until further notice. Customers from Simsbury & Bloomfield wishing to travel to U of H should plan to exit at the bus stop on Bloomfield Avenue across from the main entrance instead.
Effective 8/22/2021, the bus stops on Main St. at AutoZone and at Jackson St. & Ash St. will be discontinued. Customers will be accommodated at Main St. & Bank St. and at a new bus stop on High St. at the ECSU campus. Three new trips will be added to the schedule: 6:15am from Hartford to Willimantic and 1:45pm & 5:45pm from Willimantic to Hartford. These trips, as well as the 12:20pm trip from Hartford to Willimantic will also make an additional stop at Manchester Center.
Service Operated by Peter Pan.
Effective 8/22/2021, the schedule for Route 919 is being adjusted to provide better trip spacing. A midday round-trip to Cromwell & Meriden has also been added to the schedule. All trips on Route 919 will make additional stops at the Country Club Rd. and Cromwell Park & Rides.
Service Currently Suspended on Route 921. The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced that CTtransit bus route 928 Southington-Cheshire-Waterbury Express will resume service on Monday, June 20, 2022. The 928 was originally suspended in September 2021 along with two other express routes. While the 928 resumes on Monday, June 20, the 921 Middletown-Old Saybrook Express and 923 Bristol Express will resume service in August 2022.
Service Currently Suspended on Route 923. The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced that CTtransit bus route 928 Southington-Cheshire-Waterbury Express will resume service on Monday, June 20, 2022. The 928 was originally suspended in September 2021 along with two other express routes. While the 928 resumes on Monday, June 20, the 921 Middletown-Old Saybrook Express and 923 Bristol Express will resume service in August 2022.
Effective 8/22/2021, the schedules for Routes 926 & 927 are being adjusted to provide better trip spacing. In addition, buses will make all regular Route 901 stops through Canton, Avon & West Hartford. On Route 926, a stop is being added at the New Hartford Park & Ride on Church Street North.
Effective 8/22/2021, the schedules for Routes 926 & 927 are being adjusted to provide better trip spacing. In addition, buses will make all regular Route 901 stops through Canton, Avon & West Hartford.
On Route 927, a stop is being added at the Torrington Park & Ride on Christopher Road off CT 8. Buses traveling to Hartford will pick up outside the lot on East Elm St. and buses returning from Hartford will drop off outside the lot on East Main St. The bus stop on John St. in Torrington is being discontinued. Instead, buses will stop on South Main St. outside Torrington Plaza, across from Torrington Library.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) announced that CTtransit bus route 928 Southington-Cheshire-Waterbury Express will resume service on Monday, June 20, 2022. The 928 was originally suspended in September 2021 along with two other express routes. While the 928 resumes on Monday, June 20, the 921 Middletown-Old Saybrook Express and 923 Bristol Express will resume service in August 2022.
Weekday service only. Effective July 10, 2022, Route 940 is adopting a new schedule to provide better connections with the new Metro-North Waterbury Branch schedule that will go into effect on July 10. As a result, eight new trips will be added to the schedule and many other trips will be adjusted.
A bus stop has been established at Meriden Transit Center on all trips in both directions. Buses traveling to Hartford in the AM and returning from Hartford in the PM will no longer stop at the Country Club Rd. Park & Ride (effective August 2021). This service will now be provided by Route 919. Service from the Country Club Rd. Park & Ride to New Haven in the AM and returning from New Haven in the PM will continue to operate.
Free Parking: Wolcott Hill Park & Ride; Middletown Park & Ride Country Club Rd., (I-91 Exit 20); North Haven Devine Street Park & Ride (I-91 Exit 10)
Operated by Peter Pan.