Station Review #170: Connecticut Post Mall (ctTransit, GBT/NTD, MTD)


Connecticut Post Mall is a bus station located in the parking lot of the Connecticut Post Mall in the Forest Heights neighborhood of Milford, Connecticut. The nearest store to the bus station is Boscovs.  

Services

Multiple routes go here, these include: 

ctTransit: 

261 - Boston Post Road/Downtown New Haven: This is a bus that runs to New Haven along Boston Post Road, which is currently part of US-1. This bus runs at a completely random frequency across the day. 

262 - New Haven via I-95: This is more of an express bus to the mall, running via I-95 instead of US-1. The 262 runs about once an hour most of the day. 

271 - Downtown New Haven via Union Station: This bus's provided description is a misnomer, it goes all the way to Waterbury via Whitney Avenue amd Waterbury Road. 

Coastal Link 

This is a bus ran by a consortium between Greater Bridgeport Transit, Milford Transit District, and Norwalk Transit Districts. Buses run between here and Burnell Boulevard station in Norwalk every thirty minutes or so. 

Milford Transit District

2 - The Dock in Stratford: This bus runs about every hour between an area immediately outside the mall, Downtown Milford, and Stratford. This is not at the bus station itself

4 - Woodmont: This bus makes a very hard to understand loop around the eastern side of Milford, especially Woodmont. You can find this bus on the other side of the mall.

8 - Coastal Route: This is literally just the Coastal Link buses ran by MTD. Fares cost the same as other MTD routes. One cannot use an NTD or GBT day pass on this bus, and it's branded differently, even though it uses the same schedule as the Coastal Link itself. Thanks Milford Transit District! 


Tour

Signpost

This is every average mall bus station. The ctTransit Bus stop signs are hard to read, but otherwise there's nothing important to note.  

Shelter

The shelters from another angle

Benches

Benches but green and outdoors

Poetry

The poem above states:

Humanity Reduced to rotting fetish fiends,
Between the Sun and the Moon
The Earth now bleeds

Points of Interest Near Connecticut Post Mall Station

Boscovs

There's the Connecticut Post Mall itself, which still seems alive. That's mostly about it. 

Statistics


Name: Connecticut Post Mall
Agency: ctTransit, GBT, MTD, NTD
Line(s): Coastal Link, Coastal Route, 2, 4, 261, 262, 271
Locality: Forest Heights
City/Township: Milford
County: New Haven
State: Connecticut
Ridership: N/A

Amenity Checklist


Accessibility: ✓
Employee bathrooms: ×
Bike Racks: ×
Clean: ✓
Connections to other transit routes: ✓
Easy to get around: ✓
Existence is justifiable: ✓
Lighting: ✓
Maps: ×
Safe to use: ✓
Seating: ✓
Shelters: ✓
Something for fares: ×
Station in Good Condition: ✓
Updated Signage: ×

Final Verdict: 6/10

Station Directory

--------Western Connecticut Planning Region--------
Burnell Boulevard 
--------Greater Bridgeport Planning Region-------- 
Bridgeport Transportation Center
--------South Central Connecticut Planning Region-------- 
Connecticut Post Mall 

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