New Haven State Street station explained

New Haven – State St
Style:CTrail
Address:259 State Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.3058°N -72.9218°W
Owned:CTDOT
Line:Amtrak Northeast Corridor
New Haven–Springfield Line
Platform:1 island platform
1 side platform
Tracks:4
Other: CT Transit: 204, 206, 212, 223, 274, 278
Yale Shuttle: Red Line
Bicycle:Racks, Bike New Haven bikeshare station
Architect:Michael Baker International
Accessible:Yes
Zone:21 (Metro-North)
Opened:June 7, 2002[1]
Rebuilt:2017–2018
Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:14

New Haven State Street station is a commuter rail station located on State Street in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. The secondary railroad station in the city, it is located 0.8miles northeast of the much larger New Haven Union Station and is intended to offer easier access to New Haven's downtown business district. It is served by Shore Line East and Hartford Line commuter trains, Amtrak trains, -terminating trains, and trains, and a limited number of Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line trains. Originally proposed in 1996, State Street opened on June 7, 2002. A second platform opened on June 8, 2018, in time for the beginning of Hartford Line service.

Service

A station closer to New Haven's business district than Union Station was first proposed in 1996.[2] The station opened on June 7, 2002, for Shore Line East service, with Metro-North service added on June 24, 2002. Hartford Line and New Haven–Springfield Shuttle service began on June 16, 2018.[3] Most Shore Line East and all Hartford Line trains (both Amtrak and CT Rail) stop at the station.[4] Travel time to Union Station is approximately two minutes and is fare-free, except on Metro-North. Metro-North trains only serve the station on weekday reverse peak runs (plus one midday trip). There are five trains from Grand Central Terminal and six trains to Grand Central per weekday.

Station design

The Northeast Corridor has four tracks at this location, in a shallow cut. From southeast to northwest, the tracks are numbered 1, 2, 4 and 6. State Street has a three-car-long high-level island platform between tracks 4 and 6, and a 344feet four car-long side platform serving track 1. Track 2 is used only by trains bypassing the station.[5] The station originally only had the island platform when it opened; the side platform was built for the 2018 opening of the Hartford Line.[6] [7] Because the side platform was not part of the original station, the two platforms are not directly connected and are accessed separately, with two pedestrian bridges, staircases and elevators connecting the platforms to the street-level entrance and busway.

Construction on the second platform began in July 2016, using $10 million in federal funding from a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.[8] [9] The second platform was originally expected to be complete by the end of 2017.[10] The construction of the second platform was paired with security improvements, LED walkway and platform lighting, a sheltered bicycle parking area, platform snow melters, and real-time train information displays.[11] The platform opened on June 8, 2018.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040326093221/http://www.rideworks.com/nl2002su/su02-1.htm . New State Street Railroad Station Opens In Downtown New Haven . March 26, 2004 . Rideworks Review . Summer 2002.
  2. Web site: Final Report of the Task Force on Rail Service . Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research . February 1996 . June 26, 2016.
  3. CTrail Hartford Line Rail Service Scheduled to Launch June 16; Commemorative Inaugural Event to be Held Friday, June 15 . Connecticut Department of Transportation . April 17, 2018 . May 4, 2018.
  4. Web site: CTrail Hartford Line Schedule . Connecticut Department of Transportation . November 12, 2018 . November 29, 2018.
  5. Web site: Context Sensitive Design in Connecticut: State Street Railroad Station in New Haven, Connecticut . Context Sensitive Solutions . Northeast Regional Workshop . November 27, 2001 . August 5, 2012.
  6. Web site: Tuesday Tour of the New Haven Line: State Street . Emily . I Ride the Harlem Line . October 18, 2011 . August 5, 2012.
  7. Web site: Station and Layover Site Concept Plans . New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Environmental Assessment . CDM Smith . Connecticut Department of Transportation . February 24, 2012 . April 3, 2013.
  8. News: New Haven State Street Station to get 2nd platform through federal grant . New Haven Register . September 3, 2013 . September 7, 2013.
  9. Construction Progresses at Hartford Line Stations . New Haven - Hartford - Springfield Rail Program Newsletter . Fall 2016 . 2 . Connecticut Department of Transportation.
  10. New Haven-Hartford Springfield Rail Program Newsletter . Summer 2017 . Connecticut Department of Transportation . From the Commissioner . 1 .
  11. Web site: State Street Station – Public Information Meeting. July 22, 2015. Connecticut Department of Transportation. August 11, 2015.
  12. Web site: New Haven - Hartford - Springfield Rail Program: Stay Informed. www.nhhsrail.com. Connecticut Department of Transportation. October 29, 2018.