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WRTD – Holiday and Winter Service Alert

With winter soon upon us, it is time to prepare for winter weather and the travel disruptions that come with it. In the event of winter weather, WRTD will operate as long as we can safely do so.

In the event that it becomes unsafe to continue operation, we will announce and suspension of service on our Facebook @WRTDCT, on our website www.wrtd.org, on WFSB Channel 3 and on WILI radio.

Holiday Service Alerts

Another year is nearly complete and the holidays are nearly upon us. We wish everyone a happy holiday season and thank you for a great 2019. In celebration of the holidays, WRTD will have the following limited schedules:

December 25th, Christmas Day

  • No Service on Dial-A-Ride, ADA Paratransit and Routes 671, 672, 674 or 993.
  • Route 991 will operate a regular schedule.

January 1st, New Year’s Day

  • No Service on Dial-A-Ride, ADA Paratransit and Routes 671, 672, 674 or 993.
  • Route 991 will operate a regular schedule.

674 Storrs/Willimantic & 675 Hunting Lodge Break Schedules

Friday, December 13th will be the final day of service for Route 675 Hunting Lodge Road. It will also be the final day for the late night trip of Route 674 Storrs/Willimantic.

The full schedule for both 674 and 675 will resume on January 20, 2020.

Schedule changes to the 913 Storrs-Hartford Express service

Schedule changes on CT Transit’s 913 Storrs-Hartford Express service will go into effect on Sunday, November 17th.  The changes are in response to evolving ridership patterns.

For more information about the route changes visit here.

CT Transit and CT Rides will be on the UConn Storrs campus on Tuesday, November 5th and Wednesday, November 6th to answer questions and give out more information.  Come and find them at the Student Union between noon and 4pm on both days.

Basketball Detours

At the conclusion of each weekday Gampel basketball game, the Red, Yellow, Purple and Silver lines will be detoured for a period of approximately one hour.

Following weekend games, shuttle bus service will be completely suspended during the one hour post-event period because no detours are possible.




11/5 – Transportation to the Polls on Election Day

On Tuesday, November 5, students can get from campus to the polls using three bus routes:

  • Silver Line – closest stop is Mansfield Town Hall
  • Red Line – closest stop is Mansfield Community Center (temporary for this event)
  • Hunting Lodge Route – closest stop is Mansfield Town Hall

Please see the map for more details. Thank you!