The train station at Trumbull Center pictured here, was located near Tait Mill Road, and was called "Trumbull Church" after the nearby Trumbull Congregational Church. Both of Trumbull's train stations were "flag stops" meaning that the stationmaster was required to signal the on-coming passenger train with either a flag or lantern to indicate that there were passengers waiting. When the train first began, the fare to Bridgeport was 25 cents but was later reduced to 15 cents. In the early 1900's, an estimated 75 people from Trumbull would commute to Bridgeport daily in the winter months. Helen Plumb's father, Arthur E. Plumb, was one of the early stationmasters at the Trumbull Church station. The train stopped running through Trumbull in 1931 for several reasons. Parlor Rock Amusement Park had closed in 1907, due to falling patronage after the Town of Trumbull went dry and beer could no longer be sold. Probably the most significant reasons for the demise of Trumbull's railway was the popularity of private automobiles, the construction of new highways like the Merritt Parkway and buses that ran on more frequent schedules between Trumbull and Bridgeport.

Photographed by Trumbull Historical Society Website.
Added to the photo archive by Stu Nicholson, July 16, 2004.
Railroad: Housatonic.

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