Middletown Area Transit, popularly known as MAT, was the provider of
public transportation
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serving
Middletown, Connecticut
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, as well as portions of
Cromwell
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,
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,
East Hampton and
Portland
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. The area routes connect with
CTtransit Hartford's 55 route and
9 Town Transit's Route 644 & 645 at the MAT Terminal, including the 590 (M-Link) service connecting with the
Meriden Transit District,
Amtrak
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and the
Hartford Line
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at the Meriden railroad station, with
CTtransit New Britain's 512 route at Walmart in Cromwell and its 501 route at the
Westfield Meriden
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shopping mall.
Middletown Area Transit merged with the
Estuary Transit District
Estuary Transit District, doing business as 9 Town Transit, is the public transit provider for the Connecticut River Estuary region. ETD provides public transit bus service through its 9 Town Transit service to the towns of Chester, Clinton, D ...
on July 1, 2022.
See also
*
Connecticut Transit
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*
Northeast Transportation Company
The Northeast Transportation Company is the operator of local bus service in the cities of Waterbury, Naugatuck, Meriden, and Wallingford, operating under contract to Connecticut Transit.
Waterbury routes
All routes originate from the Waterbury ...
References
External links
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Bus transportation in Connecticut
Transportation in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Transit agencies in Connecticut
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