Parkville station (Connecticut)

Parkville (known as Park Street during early planning) is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of Park Street and Francis Avenue in 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]

Parkville
Southbound bus at Parkville station in December 2015
LocationPark Street and Francis Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates41°45′26″N 72°42′15″W
Owned byConnDOT
Operated byConnecticut Transit
Bus routes101, 102, 121, 128
Bus stands2 side platforms
Connections31, 33 (on Park Street)
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMarch 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station ConnDOT Following station
Kane Street
toward Downtown New Britain
 CTfastrak Sigourney Street
toward Hartford

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 1871, with a wooden depot built the next year.[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 Parkville.

References
  1. "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. "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. p. 83. ISBN 0942147022.
  4. "Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, O-P". Tyler City Station. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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