Salisbury Trail

Within Salisbury - unimproved path - 2.5 miles

Historic Railroad Mileage Chart

Miles*

Station Name

63 Salisbury
65 Lakeville

* Railroad miles from Hartford 

From mileage chart in article #17 of The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.

 

Map

A map of the Salisbury Trail is available on page 6 of Appendix A of the Connecticut Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan posted on the Bike-ped Web Page of   CT-DOT.

Railroad Abandonment Summary

Item From To Year RR Miles
257 Canaan
[1570 ft W]
Lakeville
(Salisbury)
1965 NH 9.5
NH = New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

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.

Railroad History

A brief history of the Connecticut Western RR was published as article #17  in The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.