The Connecticut Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a $125.3 million train station in Enfield.
The project is part of the Hartford Line Rail Program that will fill an approximately 15-mile gap between Springfield Union Station and Windsor Locks, and will restore passenger rail service to the town for the first time since 1986.
Plans include a fully accessible station that will feature a 350-foot-high level platform, covered seating, canopies, a mostly enclosed waiting area, wind screens, lighting, passenger information displays, and an electric snow-melting system for the platform, ramps and stairs. The parking lot will include approximately 80 parking spaces, approximately 15 of which will have electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and a dedicated bus area accommodating two full-size buses that will connect passengers with Enfield’s Magic Carpet bus service.
The project also includes realigning approximately 4,400 feet of track, the replacement of a railroad bridge, roadway improvements to increase clearance beneath the bridge, adding a gauntlet track that can accommodate oversized freight shipments, pedestrian connections to surrounding neighborhoods, sidewalks, streetscape improvements, utility upgrades, and signals.
Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2030. An estimated nearly 130,000 annual passenger trips are expected by 2031.