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The Hartford Line is a planned commuter rail service between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts. It will use Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line and supplement existing intercity rail services between the two cities. The project is a joint venture between the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts with support from the federal government as well. No operator has been selected. The service is expected to begin in late 2016. ==History== === Background === In 1994 the Connecticut Department of Transportation conducted a feasibility study for a New Haven–Hartford service which envisaged three trips in the morning and three in the afternoon. It estimated that capital costs would be $4.4 million and that it would require an annual subsidy of $2.5 million. Ridership was projected at 1,000 per day. A revised and expanded proposal in 2001 contemplated service to Springfield and hourly service, with half-hourly service during peak periods. This would require $249 million in capital costs, both for rolling stock and to restore double tracking to the line. The service would require a yearly subsidy of $13 million but would carry 1,800–2,000 passengers daily. Various delays have prevented the establishment of this service. One source of delay for re-establishment of this commuter rail line was lack of widespread support in the New Haven region. Although reestablishing this service was briefly mentioned in the South Central Regional Council of Government's January 2001 Long Range Mobility Plan〔South Central Regional Council of Governments ''Mobility, A Transportation Plan for the Year 2020'' page 8〕 it was not until 2003 that this commuter service provision began to consistently listed among key transportation priorities in the annual Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce ''Legislative Agenda''.〔Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce ''Legislative Agenda'' booklets 1997 p. 7, 1999 p.7, 2000 pp. 9,10, 2002 p. 14, 2003 p.6, 2004 p. 6, 2006 p. 2〕 A March 8–13, 2004 ''New Haven Register''/Sacred Heart University transportation issues telephone study among a random sample of 801 Greater New Haven residents determined that 38.1% would be "very or somewhat likely" to patronize the line, indicating a renewed interest in the line.〔()〕 The ''New Haven–Hartford–Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation Study'', released in 2005 by ConnDOT, recommended half-hour peak service, with new stations at North Haven/Hamden, Newington, and Enfield. No action was taken following the study, as proposed schedules did not link well with those of the New Haven Line and ridership projections were low (particularly for northbound morning and southbound evening trips). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hartford Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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