BERLIN – A full buildout of the website for the upcoming CTrail Hartford Line passenger rail service is now live.
Accessible at hartfordline.com, the website provides future riders with information on the service’s launch on June 16.
“Our enhanced Hartford Line website offers quick and easy navigation to trip planning, station information, schedules and fares,” stated state Transportation Commissioner James Redeker in a release. “It also offers wide-ranging information about easy-to-reach destinations from the Hartford Line.”
When service begins, 17 trains will run between New Haven and Hartford, with 12 of them continuing on to Springfield, Mass., up from six trains previously run solely by Amtrak.
Amtrak trains and trains specifically designated for the Hartford Line will travel up to 110 mph. A trip from New Haven to Springfield will take 81 minutes.
Service will be free on June 16 and June 17, with full weekday service starting June 18.
Parking will also be free through Sept. 4, and then $2 daily or $20 monthly, free on weekends and federal holidays. The Berlin station will have parking for 220 vehicles when complete.
The $769.1 million project using federal and state funding built new stations in Wallingford, Meriden and Berlin to go along with New Haven Union Station, New Haven State Street Station, Hartford Union Station, Windsor, Windsor Locks and Springfield Union Station.
Future stations are expected in North Haven, Newington, West Hartford and Enfield.
The entire southbound and a portion of the northbound platform of the Berlin station will be complete when service begins, with the whole northbound platform expected to be done by fall, DOT representative Judd Everhart has said. The rest of the passenger bridge, which houses ticket machines and an elevator, is complete.
The station was supposed to accompany a over-100-year-old train station before that building burned at the end of 2016.
Fire officials called the cause “undetermined” after months of investigation, partially held up by insurance claim battles with the DOT.
Development of a mixed-use residential and retail building is in the works for the land adjacent to the train station.
The Berlin Historical Society has been pushing for a rebuild of the station and use of remaining renovation and insurance funds for the project, but DOT officials have said those funds have been directed toward the renovation and cleanup of the site.
The DOT has said it is willing to cooperate with the historical society and the town on any future ideas for the land.
For more information, visit hartfordline.com or follow Hartford Line on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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