Enfield

Enfield is a proposed station in Thompsonville, Connecticut, on the Hartford Line. It is proposed by the Connecticut Department of Transportation as one of five new stations that would be built for the line (along with North Haven, Hamden, Newington, and West Hartford). Although funds for double-tracking the line and adding commuter frequencies have been found, the three stations are not currently funded. As of late 2015, the service is scheduled to begin operation in early 2018. Enfield and the other infill stations are planned to be complete by 2022.HistoryAmtrakThe Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H&NH) opened from Hartford to Springfield in December 1844. Thompsonville station, located on the east side of the tracks just north of Main Street, opened with the line. It was replaced by a two-story brick station around 1870, with a wooden addition for the Railway Express Agency built later on the north end of the structure.In 1946, the second story - then rented out as apartments - and the wooden addition were removed. The modified station building was used until 1971, when Penn Central closed it shortly before Amtrak took over passenger service. Thompsonville remained a stop - daily ridership exceeded 40 on the Connecticut Yankee in 1974 - but passengers waited on the bare platform. Amtrak bought the line in 1976; after frequent vandalism and a January 26, 1980, fire they proposed to remove the boarded-up century-old building. Although it was kept for several more years for the possibility of restoration and inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the station and the adjacent freight house were demolished in early 1983.