Central Corridor Rail Line
State City Station Notes
Vermont Brattleboro Brattleboro Vermonter stop ; connections to CRT and DVTA
Massachusetts Montague Millers Falls Connection to FRTA
Massachusetts Amherst Amherst Former Vermonter stop ; connection to PVTA
Massachusetts Palmer Palmer Connection to PVTA
Connecticut Stafford Stafford Springs
Connecticut Mansfield Storrs / Mansfield
Connecticut Willimantic Willimantic Former Montrealer stop ; Connection to WRTD
Connecticut Norwich Norwich Connection to SEAT
Connecticut Montville Mohegan Mohegan Sun casino
Connecticut New London Union Station Connections to Amtrak , Shore Line East , SEAT
Station Listing
Palmer is a proposed stop on the line Willimantic , which was used from 1992 to 1995 , is also a proposed stop
The Central Corridor Rail Line is a proposed passenger service route between New London, Connecticut, and Brattleboro, Vermont. A primary purpose of the proposed service is to provide a rail link between 13 colleges and universities (including the state flagship schools UConn, UMass Amherst, and UVM) as part of the Knowledge Corridor. Preparing the line for passenger service would require refurbishing the New England Central Railroad tracks, which also carry freight to New London's deepwater port. The northernmost section, in Vermont, has been upgraded to continuously welded rail via a $50 million ARRA grant. New England Central estimates that similar upgrades (which include upgrading the track to standard 286,000 pound car loads) from the Massachusetts / Vermont border to New London would cost $18 million, while the full project including stations and rolling stock would cost $150 million.