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Coordinates: 41°45′26″N 72°42′15″W / 41.7571°N 72.7041°W / 41.7571; -72.7041
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Parkville
A bus approaching a bus station in an urban area
Southbound bus at Parkville station in December 2015
General information
LocationPark Street and Francis Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates41°45′26″N 72°42′15″W / 41.7571°N 72.7041°W / 41.7571; -72.7041
Owned byConnDOT
Operated byConnecticut Transit
Bus routes101, 102, 121, 128
Bus stands2 side platforms
Connections31, 33 (on Park Street)
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedMarch 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station CT Transit Following station
Kane Street
toward Downtown New Britain
 CT Fastrak Sigourney Street
toward Hartford
Location
Map

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]

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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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