Flatbush Avenue (CDOT station)

Flatbush Avenue

Southbound bus at Flatbush Avenue station in December 2015
Coordinates 41°44′31″N 72°42′59″W / 41.7419°N 72.7164°W / 41.7419; -72.7164
Line(s)
  CTfastrak
Platforms 1 island platform
History
Opened March 28, 2015[1]
Opening 2022 (Hartford Line station, planned)[2]
Services
Preceding station   ConnDOT   Following station
CTfastrak
  Planned service  
Hartford Line
Future infill station
toward Springfield

Flatbush Avenue is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and New Park Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut. It opened with the line on March 28, 2015.[1] The station consists of one island platform to the side of the busway, with passing lanes to allow express buses to pass buses stopped at the station.[3] A Hartford Line commuter rail platform is planned to be added by 2022.[2]

Railroad history

The New York and New England Railroad (and predecessor Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad) operated a station named Charter Oak Park at Oakwood Street slightly to the south, serving the Charter Oak Park racing track and the Luna Park recreation area. It opened with the track in 1874, was rebuilt in 1900, and likely closed with the track in 1940.[4] The New Haven Railroad had an adjacent Oakwood station on its parallel Springfield Line; it opened in 1874 and was closed in the late 1890s after the New Haven's purchase of the NY&NE rendered it redundant.[5]

Future plans

The Hartford Line will open commuter rail service between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts via Hartford in early 2018. It will initially connect to CTfastrak at Union Station. Hartford Line stations adjacent to the CTfastrak stops at West Hartford (Flatbush Avenue) and Newington Junction are planned to open later.

The 2012 environmental assessment for the Hartford Line included preliminary plans for four infill stations including West Hartford and Newington Junction; although they were not yet funded, this would allow future planning and construction to be expedited.[6] On January 12, 2015, the state announced that $5.75 million in funding would be made available for environmental mitigation and design at ten Hartford Line and New Haven Line stations, including design funding for Hartford Line platforms at West Hartford and Newington Junction.[7] In February 2017, the state announced an additional $50 million in funds, including money to complete design of West Hartford station.[8] The state aims to complete all infill stations on the line by 2022.[2]

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. 1 2 3 Healey, Will (October 21, 2016). "Officials discuss development around rail center". Journal-Inquirer. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, C-CH". Tyler City Station. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, O-P". Tyler City Station. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ↑ CDM Smith. "Section 1.3: Station and Layover Site Concept Plans" (PDF). NEW HAVEN-HARTFORD-SPRINGFIELD LINE HIGH SPEED INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION: Volume II Concept Design Drawings and Environmental Resource Graphics. Connecticut Department of Transportation. pp. 36,37. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "GOV. MALLOY, BOND COMMISSION APPROVE DESIGN OF RAIL STATIONS ON HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN LINES" (Press release). State of Connecticut. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "CTDOT ANNOUNCES $50 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NHHS RAIL PROGRAM" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. February 20, 2017.

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