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Archive -- Hartford Line Opening Weekend - June 16th & 17th, 2018
Date
Saturday, June 16, 2018 12:00 AM Sunday, June 17, 2018 11:59 PM
Location
CT
CTrail's new transit service -- Hartford Line -- begins regular rail service in Connecticut and Massachusetts starting on Saturday, June 16, 2018 with a FREE travel weekend. Explore Connecticut from New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden and Berlin areas to Hartford, Windsor, Windsor Locks and the Springfield, MA area.
All Hartford Line service (CTrail and Amtrak) will be FREE weekend -- except for the Vermonter.
A ticket will be required for travel on an Amtrak train on the corridor. Hartford Line service ambassadors will be at each station handing out complimentary tickets.
Further details can be found on these two links:
"The Hartford Line Opens June 16: What You Need To Know Before You Climb Aboard" | Hartford Courant
"The support from the Rail Passengers Association, and from all of you individually, has been incredibly important to Amtrak throughout our history and especially so during the last trying year."
Bill Flynn, Amtrak CEO
April 19, 2021, speaking to attendees at the Rail Passengers Virtual Spring Advocacy Conference