160 Willard and 200 Francis Aves., Newington, Connecticut. County/parish: Hartford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 22, 1986. NRIS 86003478.
2 contributing buildings.
Newington Junction is a bus rapid transit station on the CTfastrak line opened in 2015 located off Willard Avenue (Route 173) in the Newington Junction neighborhood of Newington, Connecticut.
A new commuter rail station named Newington, to be located adjacent to the bus station, is also planned as later phase of the CTrail Hartford Line.
The bus station and surrounding neighborhood are named for the NRHP listed Newington Junction Railroad Depot building and freight house, built on the site in the 1890s to replace an 1850s station. Passenger rail service lasted until approximately 1959. The CTfastrak busway follows the previously rail banked right-of-way for the NY&NE Newington Secondary branch that joined the New Haven–Springfield mainline at the eponymous rail junction.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353305