Miles |
Station Name |
---|---|
0 | Bridgeport |
2 |
North Bridgeport (Lyons) |
5 | Trumbull |
8 | Long Hill |
10 | Stepney |
12 |
Pepper (Pepper Crossing) |
15 | Botsford |
From mileage chart in article #3 of The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.
A 4.5 mile section of the trail is open with a stone dust surface between Purdy Hill Road and the Newtown Town Line within Monroe.
A map of the currently open Monroe section of the Trail is available on page 5 of Appendix A of the Connecticut Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan posted on the Bike-ped Web Page of CT-DOT.
Grant to get trail up and walking (October 31, 2000 - Connecticut Post)
Item | From | To | Year | RR | Miles |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
128 | Bridgeport | Stepney | 1940 | NH | 7.4 |
245 | Stepney | Botsford | 1963 | NH | 4.7 |
281 | at Bridgeport | 1970 | PC |
0.7 |
From the "Directory of Rail Abandonments 1848-1994" in the book Lost Railroads of New England, 2nd Ed. by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1996.
A brief history of the Housatonic RR was published as article #3 in The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.