Elmwood station (Connecticut) explained

Elmwood
Style:CT Transit
Address:New Park and New Britain Avenues
Borough:West Hartford, Connecticut
Owned:ConnDOT
Operator:Connecticut Transit
Bus Stands:2 side platforms
Bus Routes:101, 102, 121
Connections:128 (on New Park Avenue)
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:bus
Zoom:14

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. 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

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. Trains using the parallel Springfield Line, originally built by the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, did not stop at Elmwood.

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, E . Tyler City Station . 17 January 2015.