Elmwood (CDOT station)

Elmwood

Southbound platform at Elmwood station in December 2015
Coordinates 41°43′51″N 72°43′30″W / 41.7307°N 72.7249°W / 41.7307; -72.7249
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
History
Opened March 28, 2015[1]
Services
Preceding station   ConnDOT   Following station
CTfastrak

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]

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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 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.

External links

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