Berlin station (Connecticut)

Berlin
Berlin station with construction work in December 2015
Location	51 Depot Road Berlin, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°38′08″N 72°45′55″W / 41.6356°N 72.7653°WCoordinates: 41°38′08″N 72°45′55″W / 41.6356°N 72.7653°W
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	BER
History
Opened	1900
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	21,189[1]  9.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Meriden toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Hartford toward Springfield, MA Meriden toward Washington, DC Vermonter Hartford toward St. Albans Meriden toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle Hartford toward Springfield, MA   Starting in early 2018   ConnDOT Meriden toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Newington Junction toward Springfield

Berlin is a train station located in the Kensington neighborhood of Berlin, Connecticut. It is on the New Haven–Springfield Line and is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, New Haven–Springfield Shuttle, and Vermonter services. The station was originally built in 1900 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.^[2] The Hartford Line commuter rail service will begin stopping in early 2018.^[3] Two high-level platforms connected by a pedestrian bridge are being installed for the service.

On April 25, 2016, a temporary platform was opened south of the station building so that the northbound high-level platform could be constructed on the site of the former low-level platform.^[4]

Connections

Connecticut Transit New Britain: 512

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Connecticut" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
2. "Berlin, CT (BER)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
3. Stacom, Dan (4 December 2015). "Springfield-To-New Haven Commuter Rail Cost Increases, Service Begins In 2018". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
4. "Temporary Train Boarding Platform to Open April 25 in Berlin". Information Center: Construction Updates. Connecticut Department of Transportation. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016.

External links

• Media related to Berlin (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Berlin, CT
• Berlin Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• "Berlin, Connecticut, railroad station, September 1967" - photograph, Railroad History Archive, University of Connecticut Libraries Collection.
• Berlin (BER)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)