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 Shore Line 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

402,000

Annual trips (FY24)

100%of all CTrail trains use the NEC

100%of all CTrail trips are on the NEC

CTrail Trips and Scheduled trains on the NEC

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24
CTrail weekday trips on the NEC	500	900	1,100	1,200
CTrail weekday scheduled trains on the NEC	30	39	41	35

CTrail Train Operations & Performance

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24
Percentage of scheduled CTrail trains late, annulled, or terminated on the NEC	7.7%	6.5%	6.8%	7.4%

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

Information last updated May 2025.