Newington Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Platforms under construction in December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Willard Avenue and West Hill Road Newington, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°43′00″N 72°44′10″W / 41.7167°N 72.7362°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT (bus station) Amtrak (rail line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Connecticut Transit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | New Haven-Springfield Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bus routes | 101, 102, 121, 140F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | 69 (on Willard Avenue) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 28 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | March 28, 2015[1] (CTfastrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opening | Future (CTrail, planned)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newington Junction Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 1890-built New Haven Railroad freight house | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 160 Willard and 200 Francis Avenues, Newington, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°42′55″N 72°44′13″W / 41.71528°N 72.73694°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1890 (NYNH&H freight house) 1891 (NY&NE station) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MPS | Newington Junction MRA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 86003478[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newington Junction is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line opened in 2015 located off Willard Avenue (CT-173) in the Newington Junction neighborhood of Newington, Connecticut.
A new commuter rail station named Newington, to be located adjacent to the bus station, is also planned as later phase of the CTrail Hartford Line.[2]
The bus station and surrounding neighborhood are named for the NRHP listed Newington Junction Railroad Depot building and freight house, built on the site in the 1890s to replace an 1850s station. Passenger rail service lasted until approximately 1959. The CTfastrak busway follows the previously rail banked right-of-way for the NY&NE Newington Secondary branch that joined the New Haven–Springfield mainline at the eponymous rail junction.
- ^ "Despite Snow, Thousands of Riders, Many First-Timers, Experience CTfastrak on First Day of Service" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. March 28, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Stacomwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.