Mill Plain was a station on the main line of the

New York and New England Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...

and later the

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of the

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. Opened in 1881, the station was originally located in the Mill Plain area in the western part of

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. The station was closed in 1928 and served multiple purposes from 1930 until 2018. The station building was restored and moved to the

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in 2019.

History

The station opened in 1881 to coincide with the expansion of the NY&NE line west to the

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. Mill Plain station had a long, low-level

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that connected it to an adjoining freight depot, which was also built in 1881. The line became a part of the

Central New England Railway The Central New England Railway was a railroad from Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, west across northern Connecticut and across the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie Bridge to Maybrook, New York. It was part of the Poughkee ...

in 1918. The New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad acquired the line in 1927 and closed the station, and passenger service on the line the following year. From 1930 up until 2018, the station building served as a residence and later a

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repair shop. In 2018 the station building was bought by the

and moved to their rail yard. The building is currently undergoing restoration. Mill Plains 122

References

{{reflist 1881 establishments in Connecticut Former railway stations in Connecticut Railway stations in the United States opened in 1881 Former New York and New England Railroad stations Railroad stations in Fairfield County, Connecticut