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DART First State
(Delaware Transit Corporation)
DART 1st State bus #111 in downtown Wilmington, Delaware at Rodney Square.Parent Delaware Department of Transportation Founded 1994 Headquarters Dover, Delaware Locale Delaware Service area Delaware and Cecil County, MD Service type Local and intercity bus service Routes 66 Fleet 227 bus
284 paratransit[1]Operator Delaware DOT (most routes)
Krapf's Coaches (59, 62-65)Chief executive Stephen Kingsberry Web site Official Website The Delaware Transit Corporation, trading as DART First State is the primary public transportation system that operates throughout Delaware, USA. DART First State is a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation.
Although most of its routes run in and around Wilmington and Newark in New Castle County, DART operates bus route networks in the Dover area of Kent County, two year-round bus routes which hub at Georgetown in Sussex County, one route which operates into Elkton, Maryland, with connection to the modified fixed-route and dial-a-ride services of Cecil County, Maryland, and six seasonal routes connecting Rehoboth Beach and other coastal resort towns in Sussex County, and with Ocean City, Maryland.
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Fixed-route bus service
New Castle County
DART First State operates 45 fixed-route bus routes throughout New Castle County, the majority of which hub in downtown Wilmington. Other major bus hubs in New Castle County include Newark and the Christiana Mall. Most routes operate Monday through Saturday with some Sunday service. All except 6 of these routes are directly operated by DART First State; the remaining 6 routes are operated by a third-party contractor utilizing cutaway buses. These routes are numbered between 1 and 65.
Kent County
DART First State operates 14 fixed-route bus routes within the Dover area. These bus routes operate Monday through Friday with some Saturday service out of the Water Street Transfer Center in downtown Dover as a hub-and-spoke system. These routes are numbered in the 100-series.
Sussex County
DART First State operates a total of 9 bus routes within Sussex County. Two of these routes offer year-round fixed-route bus service within Sussex County and connect at Georgetown. During summer months, DART operates 7 additional bus routes which hub at the Rehoboth Beach Park and Ride lot and offer connecting service to coastal communities along the Delaware shoreline and to Ocean City, Maryland. These routes are numbered in the 200-series.
Intercounty Service
DART First State operates two inter-county bus routes which connect the three separate systems. Route 301 operates weekday service between Downtown Wilmington, Christiana Mall, Middletown, Smyrna, and Dover, connecting the New Castle and Kent County fixed-route systems. Route 303 operates between Dover and Georgetown, connecting the Kent and Sussex County fixed-route systems. During the summer months, DART First State operates Route 305 on weekends, connecting Wilmington and Dover with Rehoboth Beach.
Rail service
DART First State, through the Delaware Department of Transportation, subsidizes the segment of the Wilmington/Newark Line of SEPTA Regional Rail within the State of Delaware. SEPTA operates the service under contract with DART First State. Signage at the Delaware stations differs from that at other SEPTA Regional Rail stations.
These trains originate in Philadelphia and operate to Wilmington, with an intermediate stop at Claymont. A few rush-hour trains continue on to Newark, with an intermediate stop at Churchman's Crossing station, located near the Delaware Park horse racing track.
See also
- Delaware Department of Transportation
- RideShare Delaware
- Paratransit
References
External links
- DART First State
- Philadelphia Transit Vehicles: Dart page
- SEPTA - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- New Jersey Transit
Mass transit in the Delaware Valley Transit buses SEPTA: Philadelphia • Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties
Reading: Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
New Jersey Transit: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service • Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service • Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia
DART First State: New Castle CountyCommuter rail SEPTA Regional Rail: Airport Line • Chestnut Hill East Line • Chestnut Hill West Line • Cynwyd Line • Fox Chase Line • Lansdale/Doylestown Line • Manayunk/Norristown Line • Media/Elwyn Line • Paoli/Thorndale Line • Trenton Line • Warminster Line • West Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark Line
New Jersey Transit: Atlantic City Line • ACESRapid transit and light rail SEPTA: Broad Street Line • Market–Frankford Line • Norristown High Speed Line • Subway–Surface trolleys • Route 15 • Routes 101 and 102
Delaware River Port Authority: PATCO Speedline
New Jersey Transit: River Line
Other: Greenline (proposed)Related Organizations Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission • Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) • National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) • Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers (DVARP)Categories:- DART First State
- Organizations established in 1994
- Bus transportation in Delaware
- Passenger rail transportation in Delaware
- Transit authorities with hybrid buses
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