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Transportation

Quick Stats

Best Ways to Get Around Town
  • Borrow a friend's wheels
  • Brave the South East Area Transit system
  • Lace up some shoes that were made for walkin'
Best Ways to Get to the Airport
  • A cab ride to the airport costs about $12.
  • Camel Van
  • Dreamweavers Limousine LLC, Middletown (860) 704-8481
  • Superior Chauffeured Services, Hartford (860) 529-4543

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Mass transportation is good for two things in New London County: coming and leaving. The Groton-New London Airport is only a short drive from campus, and Greyhound and Amtrak stations are a mere two miles away in downtown New London.

Getting around town is a different story altogether. Students are adamant about needing a car, and it’s easy to see why. Conn’s campus is removed from New London, and public transportation is difficult to access. The college offers a van service called Camel Van for only fifty cents round trip, but it has a limited operating schedule and just doesn’t make up for the lack of transportation options from campus. Fortunately, there are quite a few cars on campus, and it’s not too hard to borrow a friend’s if need be.

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Transportation at Connecticut College

miatortilla2012

International Relations and National Security Studies '16

4.6
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People

Everyone is really nice and overall there is a great feel.

Apr 27, 2012

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Transportation at Connecticut College

jrodrigu212

Psychology '14

3.5
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Camel Van

The camel van is a van service that is run by a company called limited livery. It's free for students and will take you to the major places, such as target, walmart, the movies, train station, the mall, and any other place if you really need it. They sometimes have problems sticking to schedule and only run on from Thursday to Sunday. The rest of the days you're on your own.

Apr 03, 2012

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Transportation at Connecticut College

celiacw

'11

2.7
C+

Get a Bike!

Almost every student has a car, and subsequently the transportation provided by the school is under-utilized and less reliable. There's a campaign going on now to reduce the cars on campus (it is almost impossible to find a parking spot) and increase the use of services like "the Camel Van" which does a round dropping and picking up students downtown and at the local malls, as well as the zip cars and the local New London bus system. Training to NY or Boston is expensive, but there's another community project trying to bring the commuter rail to New London, which would make it very affortable

May 28, 2010

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User rating for Connecticut College - Transportation is 3.5 out of 5 based on 18 user reviews.

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Public TransitWhat's This?

South East Area Transit (S.E.A.T.)

(860) 886-2631

www.seatbus.com

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Groton-New London Airport

The Groton-New London Airport is seven miles from the Connecticut College campus and approximately eleven minutes driving time.

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

The Greyhound Trailways bus terminal is in downtown New London, approximately two miles from campus.

(860) 447-3841

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Amtrak

The Amtrak train station is in downtown New London, approximately two miles from campus.

(800) 872-7245

www.amtrak.com

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