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}} Newington is a former passenger rail station located off Willard Avenue (CT-173) in the Newington Junction neighborhood of Newington, Connecticut. The first railroad station was built there at the site in 1850; a newer station building and freight house, both built in the 1890s, are extant and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Newington Junction Railroad Depot". Rail service lasted until approximately 1959. A bus rapid transit station, Newington Junction, opened as part of CTfastrak in March 2015. A Hartford Line commuter rail station, to be located adjacent to the bus station, has been funded for conceptual design. ==History== The Hartford and New Haven Railroad opened through Newington in 1839, but the railroad did not immediately establish a station there. The Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad opened in 1850; it shared the H&NH right of way north of Newington, but diverged to the south and ran to New Britain. The H&NH then moved its New Britain station, built two years before, to serve as Newington station for both railroads.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Track 12: CT Passenger Stations, N-NE )〕 For four decades the two railroads shared the station; by 1872, the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad (the 1863 successor to the HP&F) paid the H&NH $100 per year to share it.〔 Later in 1872 the H&NH was merged into the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and the next year the BH&E became part of the New York and New England Railroad. The depot was served for years by a single agent, John C. Sternberg, who sold tickets, handled freight and Adams Express packages, and threw switches to direct trains at the junction.〔 From 1865 it was the site of church services, the beginnings of what in 1875 became nearby Grace Episcopal Church.〔 The development of Newington Junction as a result of the railroad was instrumental in the separation of the town of Newington from its mother town of Wethersfield. Around 1890, the two railroads decided to build separate stations to serve growing numbers of riders. The NYNH&H built a depot and freight house on the east side of the right of way in 1890; the NY&NE built a nearly identical depot on the west side in 1891. but could not obtain land for a planned freight house.〔 The NY&NE was merged into the NYNH&H in 1898; its depot thenceforth served passengers traveled south towards New Haven and west towards New Britain, while the NYNH&H-built structure served passengers headed north toward Hartford.〔 Passenger service to New Britain ended in 1959, and Newington closed completely at this time - trains to and from New Haven no longer stopped. The 1890 NYNH&H station was demolished sometime after the end of service. The remaining buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1986, as one of five sections of the Newington Junction Multiple Resources Area.〔 The listing of "Newington Junction Railroad Depot" includes the 1891 NY&NE station, 1890 NYNH&H freight house, and a short section of the Amtrak-owned right of way between them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form )〕 As part of the CTfastrak project, the 1891 station building was restored, repainted, and moved slightly to the center of new landscaping in 2014.〔〔 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「Newington Junction Railroad Depot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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