{"id":2738,"date":"2022-09-25T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T19:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2022-09-25T15:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T19:18:28","slug":"642-old-saybrook-chester-644-middletown-old-saybrook-rte-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/25\/642-old-saybrook-chester-644-middletown-old-saybrook-rte-9\/","title":{"rendered":"642 (Old Saybrook\/Chester) & 644 (Middletown\/Old Saybrook\/Rte. 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alrighty, I know, I know. Y’all can groan over me doing one of these kinds of entries again. But, I live by a 50\/50 rule, where these kinds of entries can’t exceed 50%+1 of any given RTA. I’m technically not counting the Clinton Trolley as I’ve ridden enough of the routing via another route (the 641), so we’re within the 50% rule here. Let’s take a look at two very similar routes: the 642 to Chester and the 644 to Middletown (via Old Saybrook).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 644’s routing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First timepoint after going express is the Essex park & ride. A bus shelter can be found here, however I’m not sure how many people actually use this as a park & ride for commuting, given the 644’s infrequency. The 642 also stops here. It’s here that the 642 runs local all the way up into Chester, sometimes with an on-request stop to Ivoryton. The 644 runs express, sometimes with an on-request deviation that involves crossing the Connecticut River. There’s also a transfer with the 645 at the end of the route, both at the Middletown terminal and Middlesex CC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both routes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: Well, both routes serve a lot, and have deviations that make sense with on-request ones that should stay as such.

The bad: So, we’re back to 2 hour headways, weekdays only, eh? Well, I lied. The 642 runs on Saturdays. The 644? Nah, forget about it.

Nearby points of interest: Middlesex Community College, I guess, and Middletown. Chester doesn’t seem that interesting at first glance. Sorry!

Overall, I think these routes, on paper, just like the rest of 9 Town, could use a frequency buff. Like, even hourly would be more usable. Please, for what it’s worth, throw a second bus on these routes!

Rating: 6.5\/10 (for both)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alrighty, I know, I know. Y’all can groan over me doing one of these kinds of entries again. But, I live by a 50\/50 rule, where these kinds of entries can’t exceed 50%+1 of any given RTA. I’m technically not counting the Clinton Trolley as I’ve ridden enough of the routing via another route (the … Continue reading “642 (Old Saybrook\/Chester) & 644 (Middletown\/Old Saybrook\/Rte. 9)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2741,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2738\/revisions\/2741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}