Elmwood station (Connecticut)

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Elmwood
CTfastrak Elmwood Station, Elmwood CT.jpg
A southbound bus at Elmwood station in January 2024
General information
LocationNew Park and New Britain Avenues
West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°43′51″N72°43′30″W / 41.7307°N 72.7249°W / 41.7307; -72.7249
Owned by ConnDOT
Operated by Connecticut Transit
Bus routes101, 102, 121
Bus stands2 side platforms
Connections128 (on New Park Avenue)
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMarch 28, 2015 (2015-03-28) [1]
Services
Preceding station CTtransit logo.png CT Transit Following station
Newington Junction
toward Downtown New Britain
CT Fastrak Flatbush Avenue
toward Hartford
Location
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]

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Railroad history

1916 valuation image of Elmwood railroad station Elmwood station, August 1916.jpg
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. March 28, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 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 January 17, 2015.

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