Elmwood (CDOT station)

Elmwood

Elmwood station under construction in December 2014
Coordinates 41°43′51″N 72°43′30″W / 41.7307°N 72.7249°W
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
History
Opened March 28, 2015[1]
Services
  Starting March 2015  
Preceding station   ConnDOT   Following station
CTfastrak

Elmwood is an under construction 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 will open 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]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CTfastrak to Begin Service March 28, 2015: Public Invited to Open Houses to Learn More about the Service" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.