Station Review #195: People's Plaza (Cecil Transit/DART)


People's Plaza is a bus station located in Glasgow, Delaware. The station is owned by DART and served by both DART and Cecil Transit

Services


These routes serve People's Plaza:

Cecil Transit

  • 1 - Glasgow Connection: This route goes from Elkton to Glasgow. Buses run every 90 minutes. 
  • 4 - Newark Connection: This bus goes from Elkton to Newark and Glasgow, before going back to Elkton. Buses run every 90 minutes. 

DART

  • 40 - Glasgow/Wilmington: This bus runs from People's Plaza to Wilmington via US-40. Buses run about once every 30 minutes or so. 
  • 46 - Newark/Glasgow/Middletown: This bus runs from the Newark Transit Hub to People's Plaza and then to Middletown. Buses to People's Plaza run every hour, and buses to Middletown every other hour. 
  • 64 - Glasgow/Christiana Mall: This bus runs via US-40 between People's Plaza and Christiana Mall. The 64 runs about once an hour. 

Tour

Shelter
There isn't much to People's Plaza station. It's mostly just a shelter and platform

Inside the shelter
 
Departure board
One welcome thing DART does is that they have working departure boards at all of their large stations

Another view of the shelter

Bus at People's Plaza 
People's Plaza also has a few bike racks, which is pretty nice

Points of Interest Near People's Plaza

Painting at the daycare in the plaza

People's Plaza itself has a lot of stores, some more interesting than others. You will have enough time to go shopping for groceries and then go home if you visit this place. 

There isn't much housing nearby, but the point of the station anyway is to be a transfer point. If you were trying to take the bus home, you would transfer here to a different bus in the first place. 

Statistics


Name: People's Plaza 
Agency: Cecil Transit/DART
Line(s): 1, 4, 40, 46, 64
Locality: Glasgow
City/Township: Glasgow
County: New Castle
State: Delaware 
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: ×
Near places people live: ✓
Safe to use: ✓
Seating: ✓
Shelters: ✓
Something for fares: ×
Station in Good Condition: ✓
Updated Signage: ✓ 

Final Verdict: 8/10

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