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Windsor Locks is a station along the New Haven-Springfield line, a line that has services ran on it by Amtrak and ctTransit.  History The first Windso r Locks station was opened in 1839 as part of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad.  The station was rebuilt in 1875, and the old station building still remains. In the 1970s, the entire Springfield line was bought out by Amtrak. The station was rebuilt by Amtrak in 1981 in its current site.    A new station is being built close to the original station, and it's expected to solve most of the problems this station has.      Services    These services run to Windsor Locks: Hartford Line:  This is a commuter rail service ran by ctRail and Amtrak between New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, MA. 7 round trips a day run on this service, with some being Amtrak trains and some being ctRail trains Northeast Regional (Springfield Branch):  About two or so round trips a day of the no...

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...