Track 12 - CT Passenger Stations, Home Page
Track 12 is a work in progress, a serious attempt to produce a complete, all-time list of passenger stations in Connecticut, to include the name(s) of each depot, notation of the town in which it was built, the railroad that built it, the date of opening and, if possible of closing and/or demise. Annotations will attempt to give historical background and include maps, photos, images, and citations to sources of information. We alternate the use of the terms 'depot' and 'station' with no difference in meaning intended, though strict usage of the former meant a structure and the latter a surveyor's point on a railroad often identified with the place where trains stopped.
We are all indebted to Leroy Roberts who was the impetus for this project and whose knowledge of this subject is encyclopedic. He compiled the initial list and he has provided most of the photographs at Connecticut History Online [CHO] and the Railroad History Archive [RHA] at the Dodd Center at UConn. All photos not otherwise credited are from the Leroy Roberts collection. In the shots chosen, we look for ones that best display the physical attributes of the structure, the signboard being one of the most important criteria. In some cases there are several images of the same station which you can see when you search in CHO.
To find the station data, we are combing documents, local histories, periodicals, maps (bird's-eye are especially helpful), railroad commissioners' reports and documents, timetables, and other materials. We are comparing images and scrutinizing them in an attempt to find the many stations for whom no image has yet been identified. Hopefully, even as this evolves, it will be a reference resource that will be of service to rail enthusiasts, local historians, and serious researchers in all disciplines.
As with all TCS material, we encourage the personal and scholarly use of the data but we do not allow wholesale reproduction for any reason.
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- Click on the drop-down menus in the navigation pane to find stations alphabetically.
- The [>] symbol and capitalized names throughout the list and the annotations are 'See' references to other station entries on Track 12.
- Number suffixes, e.g. NEW HAVEN1, arrange depots of that name in chronological order, with further delineation for multiple locations with the same name.
- Use the CTTRAXMAP on Track 11 to locate stations, rail and trolley lines, and POIs.
Track 12 is a work in progress, a serious attempt to produce a complete, all-time list of passenger stations in Connecticut, to include the name(s) of each depot, notation of the town in which it was built, the railroad that built it, the date of opening and, if possible of closing and/or demise. Annotations will attempt to give historical background and include maps, photos, images, and citations to sources of information. We alternate the use of the terms 'depot' and 'station' with no difference in meaning intended, though strict usage of the former meant a structure and the latter a surveyor's point on a railroad often identified with the place where trains stopped.
We are all indebted to Leroy Roberts who was the impetus for this project and whose knowledge of this subject is encyclopedic. He compiled the initial list and he has provided most of the photographs at Connecticut History Online [CHO] and the Railroad History Archive [RHA] at the Dodd Center at UConn. All photos not otherwise credited are from the Leroy Roberts collection. In the shots chosen, we look for ones that best display the physical attributes of the structure, the signboard being one of the most important criteria. In some cases there are several images of the same station which you can see when you search in CHO.
To find the station data, we are combing documents, local histories, periodicals, maps (bird's-eye are especially helpful), railroad commissioners' reports and documents, timetables, and other materials. We are comparing images and scrutinizing them in an attempt to find the many stations for whom no image has yet been identified. Hopefully, even as this evolves, it will be a reference resource that will be of service to rail enthusiasts, local historians, and serious researchers in all disciplines.
As with all TCS material, we encourage the personal and scholarly use of the data but we do not allow wholesale reproduction for any reason.
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