CTrail

Connecticut DOT supports multiple passenger rail services along the NEC Main Line and the Springfield Line (one of the NEC’s three Connecting Corridors). On the NEC Main Line, CTrail Shoreline East operates between New London and New Haven, with select trains running between New Haven and Stamford. On the Springfield Line, CTrail Hartford Line operates between New Haven and Springfield, MA.

Additionally, Connecticut DOT sponsors Metro-North’s New Haven Line service in Connecticut, under agreement with MTA.

CTrail

16

stations

2

lines

186,000

Annual trips (FY23)

CTrail Trips and Scheduled trains on the NEC

	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23
CTrail weekday trips on the NEC	1,000	300	593	653
CTrail weekday scheduled trains on the NEC	42	30	39	41

100%of all CTrail trains use the NEC

100%of all CTrail trips are on the NEC

CTrail Train Operations & Performance

	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23
Percentage of scheduled CTrail trains late, annulled, or terminated on the NEC	6.3%	7.7%	6.5%	6.8%

For more information on CTrail and train performance on the NEC, please read the NEC Annual Report.

Information last updated April 2024.