Connecticut's Bond Commission approved $5.75 million to advance design plans and address environmental concerns for new railroad stations on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line and the New Haven line, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
The state will combine the funding with $4 million previously approved, according to Malloy.
Now branded as the "Hartford Line," the new NHHS line stations will be in Enfield, West Hartford, Newington and North Haven. Also included are enhancements to stations in Windsor Locks and Windsor, and a location study for a future Hamden station.
On the New Haven Line, new stations will be added in Orange and Bridgeport — the latter to be named after showman and former mayor P.T. Barnum — plus enhancements to the Merritt Seven Station on the Danbury Branch of the New Haven Line.
"Creating a commuter rail line along the I-91 corridor is part of our transformative transportation vision for Connecticut," Malloy said. "This bond authorization will give this important project needed momentum."
In partnership with the Malloy administration, the state's Department of Transportation is expanding passenger service along the 62-mile corridor between New Haven and Springfield, Mass.
