Conn. looks plans rail line from Springfield to New Haven

The General Assembly included $146 million for the project in a recent $2.3 billion transportation package, a move seen by rail enthusiasts as a good first step...

...No firm start dates have been set, although state leaders are aiming for sometime in 2011. They envision trains running every 30 minutes during rush hour, with about 2,400 daily riders by 2025.

Trains would stop at stations in New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden, Berlin, Hartford, Windsor, Windsor Locks and Springfield, Mass. New stations would be built in North Haven, Newington and Enfield.

A shuttle bus would connect the Windsor Locks station with Bradley International Airport....

Newsday.com

Despite the somewhat misleading headline, the proposed New Haven-Springfield commuter service would be on the existing Amtrak, ex NH Springfield line. A number of years ago there was a proposal to run a light rail commuter line over the former CNE from Hartford to Griffins, then on a new right of way to the Bradley Airport, but light rail is a bit too progressive for a backwater like Hartford, so any area light rail proposals have been converted to bus way proposals!