Parkville station (Connecticut)

Parkville (known as Park Street during early planning) is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line, located near the intersection of Park Street and Francis Avenue in Hartford, 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]

Parkville
Southbound bus at Parkville station in December 2015
Location	Park Street and Francis Avenue Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°45′26″N 72°42′15″W
Owned by	ConnDOT
Operated by	Connecticut Transit
Bus routes	101, 102, 121, 128
Bus stands	2 side platforms
Connections	31, 33 (on Park Street)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station ConnDOT Following station Kane Street toward Downtown New Britain CTfastrak Sigourney Street toward Hartford

The New York and New England Railroad (and predecessor Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad) served a station approximately at the modern location.[3] It opened around 1871, with a wooden depot built the next year.[4] It may have been served until the end of passenger service between Hartford and New Britain in 1959.[3] Trains using the parallel Springfield Line, originally built by the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, did not stop at Parkville.