Berlin station (Connecticut)

Berlin

Berlin station with construction work in December 2015
Location 51 Depot Road
Berlin, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°38′08″N 72°45′55″W / 41.6356°N 72.7653°W / 41.6356; -72.7653Coordinates: 41°38′08″N 72°45′55″W / 41.6356°N 72.7653°W / 41.6356; -72.7653
Line(s) New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code BER
History
Opened 1900
Rebuilt November 2016 (planned)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 21,189[1] Decrease 9.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward New Haven
New Haven – Springfield Shuttle
Northeast Regional
Vermonter
toward St. Albans
  Starting in early 2018  
ConnDOT
Hartford Line
toward Springfield

Berlin is a train station located in the Kensington neighborhood of Berlin, Connecticut. It is served by New Haven–Springfield Line and is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, New Haven–Springfield Shuttle, and Vermonter routes. High-level platforms connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge will open in November 2016.

History

An Amtrak train at Berlin station in 1980

The station was originally built in 1900 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.[2] The Hartford Line commuter rail service will begin stopping in early 2018.[3] Two high-level platforms connected by a pedestrian bridge are being installed for the service, and the station building is being fully renovated.[2] The historic station building, including the ticket office, was closed on March 4 per order of Connecticut Dept. of Transportation (the same day as Meriden closed) and reopening the ticket office will likely never happen. The restored 1900 building will probably remain closed until the state, who has a long-term lease from owner Amtrak, decides what to do with it.

On April 25, 2016, a temporary platform was opened south of the station building so that the northbound high-level platform could be constructed on the site of the former low-level platform.[4] The rebuilt Meriden, Berlin, and Wallingford stations are expected to be completed by November 2016, although the stations will serve only existing Amtrak service until 2018 when Hartford Line service begins.[5]

Connections

Connecticut Transit New Britain: 512

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, State of Connecticut" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Berlin, CT (BER)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Stacom, Dan (4 December 2015). "Springfield-To-New Haven Commuter Rail Cost Increases, Service Begins In 2018". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Temporary Train Boarding Platform to Open April 25 in Berlin". Information Center: Construction Updates. Connecticut Department of Transportation. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Callahan, Molly (22 July 2016). "Meriden train station on schedule to be complete by November". Meriden Record Journal. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

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