Cedar Street station

Cedar Street
Cedar Street
	Northbound bus at Cedar Street station in December 2015
General information
Coordinates	41°41′47″N 72°45′16″W / 41.6964°N 72.7544°W
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Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	March 28, 2015
Services

Cedar Street is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of Cedar Street (CT-175) and Fenn Road in Newington, 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] Along with East Street, it serves Central Connecticut State University.

The New York and New England Railroad (and predecessor Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad) served a station named Claytons at Cedar Street.^[3] It opened around 1872, supplementing and ultimately replacing Pratts station, and was closed sometime after 1915.^[4]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Station Site Plans". Connecticut Department of Transportation. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. p. 83. ISBN 0942147022.
^ "Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, CL-CR". Tyler City Station. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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