North Haven is a planned regional rail station on the New Haven–Springfield Line near Route 40 and Route 5 in North Haven, Connecticut, to be served by the Hartford Line service. The project has been funded for design, and construction of the station is expected to commence in April 2023. The first North Haven station opened on Broadway in 1838 on the Hartford and New Haven Railroad. One of its replacements, built in 1867 and still standing, was served until around 1971 by the New Haven Railroad and Penn Central. Amtrak operated a station at the modern site from 1980 to 1986. History Previous stations The Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H&NH) opened from New Haven to Meriden in December 1838. A room in a private home on Broadway just east of the tracks served as North Haven station from then until around 1850, when a dedicated station was built nearby. The station, also used as the post office and a general store, burned on March 31, 1865. A nearby store appears to have been used as the station for the next two years. The H&NH built a new brick station on the west side of the tracks in 1867. A wooden freight house was constructed nearby later in the century. The 1867 station was in use for just over a century; it was still served by several New Haven Railroad trains in the early 1960s, but was no longer a stop when Amtrak took over service on the line from Penn Central on May 1, 1971. The station and freight house are still extant, although the four chimneys and the canopy have been removed from the station. On October 26, 1980, the state opened a new North Haven station off Devine Street near the Route 40 Connector, to the south of the former station. The new station had two small wooden platforms and a 100-car parking lot. It was part of a $12 million effort to improve the line, which included buying twelve Budd SPV-2000 railcars to increase frequencies. The station was served by Amtrak's Connecticut Valley Service until October 26, 1986, when it and Enfield were abandoned due to low ridership. The station platforms were removed after closure, but the parking lot was repurposed as a park-and-ride lot for auto commuters. Hartford Line station In 2004, the Recommended Action of the New Haven Hartford Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation