Amtrak
Address: 1 Union Place, Hartford, CT 06103
Contact: 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245)
There's a pretty good AAA discount on the fair to and from New Haven. But even more interesting is that if you lived in, say Windsor, CT, you could get into downtown Hartford for $4. You could come downtown, eat dinner, see a show, have a drink, and hop on a train at 11:50 p.m. and be back in Windsor before the clock strikes midnight.
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CT Transit
Address: 100 Leibert Road, Hartford, CT 06141
Contact: (860) 525-9181
CT Transit runs all the city buses in the area. If you have any questions about which bus to take where, the website is really helpful, but if it's not helpful enough, their customer service line listed above is answered by an actual person, who totall knows how to get you where you're going.
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Greyhound Bus Lines
Address: 1 Union Place, Hartford, CT 06103
Contact: (860) 724-7080
Acording to Greyhound's website "InterIntercity bus, like Greyhound, is the safest mode of transportation over cars, trucks, trains, planes and other commercial vehicles, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics." Go figure...
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Peter Pan Bus LInes
Address: 1 Union Place, Hartford, CT 06103
Contact: (800) 343-9999
Peter Pan runs regular busses out of Hartford to 85 different destinations in the northeast. And they show movies on the bus if your trip is long enough. It would be amazing if they ever showed that Keanu Reeves movie "Speed," but it's highly unlikely...
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Star Shuttle
Address: Downtown, Hartford, CT 06103
Contact: (860) 525-9181
The Hartford Star Shuttle is a FREE, downtown circulator service. It operates in a continuous loop (about every 12 minutes) from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Monday - Friday and from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Saturdays, with stops all over the place: CT Convention Center, the Riverfront, the Arts and Entertainment District, various restaurants, and downtown hotels.
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Union Station
Address: 1 Union Place, Hartford, CT 06103
Contact: Greater Hartford Transit District at 860-247-5329
Amtrak, Greyhound, Peter Pan bus lines all operate through Union Station. There's a new cheap Amtrak fare to and from New Haven. And Springfield.
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