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95
91
91
84
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691
84
New Haven
Union Station
New Haven
State St. Station
North Haven
Wallingford
Meriden
Berlin
Newington
West Hartford
Hartford
Union Station
Windsor
Windsor Locks
Enfield
Springfield
Union Station
MASSACHUSETTS
CONNECTICUT
SPRINGFIELD
HARTFORD
NEW
HAVEN
Existing
rail stops
Proposed
rail line
Proposed
rail stops
Job Creator,
Energy Reducer
The Hartford Line will have a big impact,
both economically and environmentally
Job creation
• Direct and indirect jobs created: 8,000
• Construction-related jobs: 4,500
Energy Savings
• more than 100 million fewer vehicle miles
driven each year by 2030
• more than 3.5 million gallons per year
of fuel saved
• more than 25,000 metric tons less carbon
released per year
SOURCE: CT DEPARTmEnT OF TRAnSPORTATiOn
Green
fact:
Electric
vehicle
charging
stations
are being
installed at the
Wallingford,
Berlin, and
meriden
nHHS stations.
SOURCE: COnnECTiCUT
DEPARTmEnT OF
TranSporTaTion
State Stations
Train stations are being built and improved across the state
haRTfORd Line: new stations in the works for Enfield, West Hartford, newington, and
north Haven. Enhancements are being made to existing stations in Windsor Locks and
Windsor, and a location study is being conducted for a future Hamden station.
neW haven Line: new stations will be added in Orange and Bridgeport (to be known
as Barnum Station), plus enhancements to the existing merritt Seven Station on the
Danbury branch.
SOURCE: CT DEPARTmEnT OF TRAnSPORTATiOn | mAP: HBJ FiLE
Tim Sullivan, state
director of waterfront,
brownfield, and
transit-oriented
development
anticipates significant
growth around the
Hartford rail line.
PHOTO | HBJ FiLE
