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Westbrook Station (Connecticut)
Westbrook station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located off Connecticut Route 153 just north of the village center of Westbrook, Connecticut. It is served by the CT Rail's Shore Line East commuter rail service; Amtrak's ''Acela'' and ''Northeast Regional'' services run through the station without stopping. Westbrook has two high-level side platforms, each two cars long. The first Westbrook station opened in 1852, was replaced in 1906, and closed in 1936. A new station for Shore Line East opened in 1990; and was rebuilt in 2001. A new station with a larger lot and two accessible platforms opened on March 25, 2014. The larger lot now allows the station, which is less than half a mile from Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, to serve as a park-and-ride station. History New Haven Railroad The New Haven & New London Railroad was chartered in 1848, began construction in 1850, and opened for service in July 1852. A station was located on the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Route 153
Route 153 is a Connecticut state highway in the Connecticut River valley running from U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut, U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Westbrook, Connecticut, Westbrook center to Connecticut Route 9, Route 9 in Essex Village in the town of Essex, Connecticut, Essex. Route description Route 153 begins as Essex Road in Westbrook Center, Connecticut, downtown Westbrook, at an intersection with U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut, US 1. It heads north, passing by the Westbrook (Shore Line East station), Westbrook railroad station and the access road to the Tanger Outlet Mall, before intersecting with Interstate 95 in Connecticut, Interstate 95 (I-95) at Exit 65 about half a mile north of US 1. Route 153 continues northeast through the eastern part of the town of Westbrook for another before entering the town of Essex, Connecticut, Essex. In Essex, the road becomes ''Westbrook Road'', traveling through southwestern Essex for about , at which point the road splits into two. Route 153 con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, Providence And Boston Railroad
The New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, normally called the Stonington Line (for its western terminus), was a railroad company that connected Providence, Rhode Island, and Stonington, Connecticut. Originally intended to connect Providence to New York City via steamboats calling at Stonington, it was chartered in 1832 and began operations in 1837. The company was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893. It is now part of Amtrak's high-speed Northeast Corridor. History Prior to the building of the NYP&B, travelers between New York City and Boston had to pass around Point Judith, Rhode Island and its rough waters to reach the Boston and Providence Railroad in Providence. The B&P was completed in 1835 and began operating the steamer ''Lexington'' between Providence and New York, adding the ''Massachusetts'' in 1836. The New York and Stonington Railroad was chartered in Connecticut in May 1832 and the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad in Rhode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilford (Shore Line East Station)
Guilford station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located slightly south of the town center of Guilford, Connecticut. Owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, it is served by the CT Rail Shore Line East service. History Service to Guilford was begun by the New Haven and New London Railroad in 1852. Most local service ended in the mid 20th century; however, Guilford was a stop on the final local train, the ''Clamdigger'', until service was discontinued on January 28, 1972. The station building was demolished by Amtrak on February 23, 2000, due to concerns that the long-abandoned building might collapse. A derelict brick water tower and engine house–rare surviving examples of mid-19th-century railroad buildings–remain at the site. The current station, with accessible-compliant high-level side platforms, opened on November 28, 2005, replacing the low-level platforms constructed in 1990 for the inauguration of Shore Line East service on Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Saybrook (Amtrak Station)
Old Saybrook station is a regional rail station in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It is served by both Amtrak ''Northeast Regional'' intercity trains and CT Rail Shore Line East commuter service. Service Located on the Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger railway in the United States, Old Saybrook station serves some of the rail services that pass through the station. Most ''Northeast Regional'' trains stop at Old Saybrook. No high-speed ''Acela'' trains serve the station, but they can be transferred to at New Haven to the west. However, all Shore Line East commuter rail trains stop at Old Saybrook; it serves as the eastern terminus for some trains.Shore Line East/Westbound timetable ''Shore Line East'' Retrieved 2007-07-22 New London is the eastern terminus of the line, with approximately half terminating ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford (Shore Line East Station)
Branford station is a station on the Northeast Corridor located in Branford, Connecticut, and served by CT Rail Shore Line East commuter rail service. History Prior to the establishment of the Shore Line East system on May 29, 1990, Branford was a stop for Amtrak's '' Beacon Hill'' trains. The current station, with an accessible-compliant high-level side platform, opened on August 8, 2005, replacing a nearby earlier station with low-level platforms. Ridership increases rendered the 199-spot parking lot at Branford insufficient. As a result, a 272-spot expansion was opened in June 2011, bringing total available parking at the station to 471 spots. However, the expanded lot has consistently failed to be fully used, leading to calls for it to be replaced by transit oriented development and a smaller parking deck. A second platform on the north side of the tracks was originally to be constructed beginning in November 2012. Construction on the $16.5M project–which includes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison (Shore Line East Station)
Madison station is a railroad station on the Northeast Corridor located in Madison, Connecticut, United States. It is served by the CT Rail Shore Line East commuter rail service. The station has a single side platform serving the southern track of the two-track Northeast Corridor. History New Haven Railroad The Shore Line Railway (Connecticut), New Haven & New London Railroad was charted in 1848, began construction in 1850, and opened for service in July 1852. A station similar to other on the line was located off Wall Street just north of downtown Madison. The line was owned by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad (the "Stonington Road") from 1858 to 1862, and by the Shore Line Railway from 1864 until it was acquired by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad (the "New Haven") in 1870. In 1896, the original station was replaced by a saltbox station of a standard New Haven design, located slightly to the west. The older station was moved for use as a freight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton (Shore Line East Station)
Clinton station is a regional rail station served by the CT Rail Shore Line East service located near downtown Clinton, Connecticut. The station has two side platforms connected by a footbridge. Clinton is a commuter-only station; Amtrak's ''Acela'' and ''Northeast Regional'' services run through the station without stopping. History New Haven Railroad The New Haven & New London Railroad was charted in 1848, began construction in 1850, and opened for service in July 1852. A combination depot (serving both freight and passengers) similar to others on the line was located on the south side of the tracks east of John Street in downtown Westbrook. The line was owned by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad (the "Stonington Road") from 1858 to 1862, and by the Shore Line Railway from 1864 until it was acquired by the New Haven Railroad in 1870. In the 1890s, the New Haven double-tracked and straightened several sections of the Shore Line. The sharp curve in downtown Clin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA () is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on Race (classification of human beings), race, religion, gender, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on Public accommodations in the United States, public accommodations. In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended the enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the United States House of Representatives, House and United States Senate, Senate in 1988. A broad bipart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westbrook Construction From Essex Road In October 2012
Westbrook may refer to: People *Westbrook (surname), includes a list of notable people with this surname *Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969), American journalist * Westbrook Van Voorhis (1903-1968), American voice actor Places Australia * Westbrook, Queensland, a town south-west of Toowoomba. New Zealand * Westbrook, New Zealand, a suburb of Palmerston North South Africa * Westbrook, KwaZulu-Natal, a coastal village north of Durban United Kingdom * Westbrook, Berkshire * Westbrook, Kent, part of Margate * Westbrook, Herefordshire * Westbrook, Warrington, a council ward in Warrington, Cheshire * Westbrook, Wiltshire, a settlement in the civil parish of Bromham, Wiltshire United States * Westbrook, Connecticut, a town in Middlesex County * Westbrook, Maine, a city in Cumberland County * Westbrook, Minnesota, a small city in Cottonwood County * Westbrook, Missouri, a ghost town * Westbrook, Texas, a city in Mitchell County Transportation *Westbrook station (Calgary), CTrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beacon Hill (train)
The ''Beacon Hill'' was a daily commuter rail service operated by Amtrak between Boston, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut, from 1978 to 1981. The ''Beacon Hill'' was one of the last long-haul commuter services operated by Amtrak. Service consisted of a single rush-hour round trip, with service eastbound to Boston in the morning and westbound to New Haven in the evening. History Previous service By the time the New Haven Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1969, commuter service between New Haven and Providence had been reduced to a handful of daily trips. (Commuter service west of New Haven continued under Penn Central and Conrail then Metro-North Railroad, while Boston-Providence service was taken over by the MBTA in 1975). The ''Clamdigger (train), Clamdigger'' operated as a daily local from New London Union Station, New London to New Haven under Amtrak until January 28, 1972. It returned as a Providence-New Haven local on September 9, 1976; it was discont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamdigger (train)
The ''Clamdigger'' was a daily passenger train which ran along the Northeast Corridor during the 1970s. The train had two iterations: from 1898 to 1972 it was a local commuter service under the New Haven Railroad, Penn Central, and Amtrak between New London (Amtrak station), New London and New Haven (Amtrak station), New Haven, while from 1976 to 1978 it was a long-distance commuter service operated by Amtrak from Providence (Amtrak station), Providence to New Haven. In 1978, it was canceled and replaced with the ''Beacon Hill (train), Beacon Hill''. The Shore Line East service, run by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, currently runs from New London to New Haven, serving many of the same stops as the two incarnations of the ''Clamdigger''. Original service (1898–1972) New Haven Railroad The New Haven & New London Railroad was charted in 1848, began construction in 1850, and opened for service in July 1852. After several ownership changes, it was acquired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Central
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals, the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, each of which were united by large-scale service into the New York metropolitan area and to a lesser extent New England and Chicago. The new company failed barely two years after formation, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time. Penn Central's railroad assets were nationalized into Conrail along with those of other bankrupt northeastern railroads; its real estate and insurance holdings successfully reorganized into American Premier Underwriters. History Pre-merger The Penn Central railroad system developed in response to challenges facing northeastern American railroads during the late 1960s. While railroads elsewhere in North America drew revenues from long-distance shipment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
