Parkville station (Connecticut)

Parkville
Southbound bus at Parkville station in December 2015
General information
Location	Park Street and Francis Avenue Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°45′26″N 72°42′15″W / 41.7571°N 72.7041°W / 41.7571; -72.7041
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
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station CT Transit Following station Kane Street toward Downtown New Britain CT Fastrak Sigourney Street toward Hartford
Location

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]

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.