Berlin is a train station located in the Kensington neighborhood of Berlin, Connecticut. It is served by New Haven–Springfield Line and is served by Amtrak's, New Haven–Springfield Shuttle, and Vermonter routes. High-level platforms connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge will open in early 2018.On December 21, 2016, the historic 1900-built station building was destroyed by a fire. A temporary platform is in use until the new station is completed.HistoryEarly stations and branchesThe Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H&NH) opened from New Haven to Meriden in December 1838, and to Hartford in December 1839. The first ticket office was located about south of the modern location, possibly in a general store. It was replaced by a wooden station at the modern site in 1848, after the original first depot was vacated and sold to Daniel C. Spencer sometime between 1840 and 1855, which he used a steam wheel shop until 1/3/1871. Spencer sold the property the "steam wheel shop" was on to William Daniels who stated in the deed that "said shop is to be removed from the premises at the convenience of the grantor".Middletown residents, unhappy at the H&HN skipping their town, constructed the Middletown Railroad to Berlin in 1849; it was taken over by the H&NH in 1850. It connected with the mainline at a wye, with the station inside the wye. The New Britain and Middletown Railroad as built from Berlin to New Britain in 1865; the H&NH operated it from the beginning and purchased it in 1868. In 1870, all three lines connecting at Berlin became part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
