Elmwood station (Connecticut)

Elmwood is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of New Britain Avenue (CT-529) and New Park Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened with the line on March 28, 2015.[1] The station consists of two side platforms serving the busway, with two center passing lanes to allow express buses to pass buses stopped at the station.[2]

Elmwood
Southbound platform at Elmwood station in December 2015
LocationNew Park and New Britain Avenues
West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates41.7307°N 72.7249°W / 41.7307; -72.7249
Owned byConnDOT
Operated byConnecticut Transit
Bus routes101, 102, 121
Bus stands2 side platforms
Connections128 (on New Park Avenue)
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMarch 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station ConnDOT Following station
Newington Junction
toward Downtown New Britain
 CTfastrak Flatbush Avenue
toward Hartford

Railroad history
1916 valuation image of Elmwood railroad station

The New York and New England Railroad (and predecessor Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad) served a station approximately at the modern location.[3] It opened around 1850 as West Hartford and was renamed to Elmwood in 1874.[4] It may have been served until the end of passenger service between Hartford and New Britain in 1959.[3] Trains using the parallel Springfield Line, originally built by the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, did not stop at Elmwood.

References
  1. "Despite Snow, Thousands of Riders, Many First-Timers, Experience CTfastrak on First Day of Service" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
  2. "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. p. 83. ISBN 0942147022.
  4. "Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, E". Tyler City Station. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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