Wallingford’s new $21 million train station, built to accommodate a new commuter rail service linking New Haven to Hartford and Springfield, will open to the public Monday, the state Department of Transportation announced.
The long-awaited station at 343 North Cherry Street, about a mile north of the old station, is the centerpiece of a transit-oriented development plan aimed at boosting economic development in town.
It includes high-level platforms, an overhead pedestrian bridge, canopies, automatic snow melting systems, an information display system for passengers, electric vehicle charging stations and bicycle racks.
A total of 221 spaces will be available for rail passengers in two parking lots at the station, said state officials, who will join town leaders at 12:30 p.m. Monday to open the station. The station can also be accessed from North Colony Road.
The new CTrail Hartford Line isn’t launching until May, but the new station will service existing Amtrak trains in the meantime, officials have said.
CTrail and Amtrak will provide 17 roundtrip trains between New Haven and Hartford each weekday once the new line launches, with a dozen trains continuing on to Springfield.
Construction of Wallingford’s station began in 2014. Meriden and Berlin are also getting new stations.
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