Berlin is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,175 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1785. The geographic center of Connecticut is located in the town. Berlin is residential and industrial, and is served by the Amtrak station of the same name. Berlin also has two hamlets: Kensington and East Berlin.
Rural Berlin from Short Mountain
Berlin train station is served by the Hartford Line and Amtrak
Library, c. 1911
Berlin station (Connecticut)
Berlin station is a train station located in the Kensington neighborhood of Berlin, Connecticut. It is on the New Haven–Springfield Line and is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Hartford Line, and Valley Flyer, in addition to the Hartford Line commuter rail. Two high-level platforms, each six cars long connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge opened at the Hartford Line service launch on June 16, 2018. On December 21, 2016, the historic 1900-built station building was destroyed by a fire.
A southbound Amtrak Shuttle at Berlin station in July 2019
The 1848-built station at an unknown date
An Amtrak train at Berlin station in 1980
Southbound platform and pedestrian bridge under construction in December 2015