Cedar Street station explained

Cedar Street
Style:CT Transit
Address:Myra Cohen Way and Fenn Road
Newington, Connecticut
Owned:ConnDOT
Operator:Connecticut Transit
Bus Stands:2 side platforms
Bus Routes:101, 102
Connections:69F, 121, 140, 144 (on Myrna Cohen Way)
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[1]
Mapframe:yes
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Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:bus
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Cedar Street is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of Cedar Street (CT-175) and Fenn Road in Newington, Connecticut. It opened with the line on March 28, 2015. 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] Along with East Street, it serves Central Connecticut State University.

The New York and New England Railroad (and predecessor Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad) served a station named Claytons at Cedar Street.[3] It opened around 1872, supplementing and ultimately replacing Pratts station, and was closed sometime after 1915.[4]

An access road for the station, Myra Cohen Way, is named for longtime Newington councilwoman Myra Cohen.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Despite Snow, Thousands of Riders, Many First-Timers, Experience CTfastrak on First Day of Service . https://web.archive.org/web/20150911222239/http://ctfastrak.com/about/news/news-releases/13-media-releases/279-03-28-15-despite-snow-thousands-of-riders-many-first-timers-experience-ctfastrak-on-first-day-of-service . 11 September 2015 . Connecticut Department of Transportation . 28 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Station Site Plans . Connecticut Department of Transportation . 17 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118094512/http://www.ctfastrak.com/station-siteplans . 18 January 2015 . dead .
  3. Book: The Rail Lines of Southern New England . Karr, Ronald Dale . Branch Line Press . 1995 . 0942147022 . 83.
  4. Web site: Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, CL-CR . Tyler City Station . 17 January 2015.
  5. News: Newington Dedicates 'Myra Cohen Way'. Hartford Courant. Christopher. Hoffman. January 14, 2015.