Trolley Museum Open For Season

By JOANNA LESTIC

Published: May 16, 2003 12:00 am

EAST HAVEN â Shore Line Trolley Museum is now open daily for the summer.

Visitors can experience a three-mile ride aboard a vintage trolley over a 103-year-old trolley line winding through a scenic wetland/wildlife preservation area. Trolleys from the museumâs collection dating from 1904 through 1939 offer rides along Americaâs oldest operating suburban trolley line.

Admission includes trolley rides, displays and exhibits (including trolleys that are 100 years or more old), the restoration shop with its 79-year-old wheel lathe, and a shady picnic grove reachable only by trolley.

The first trolley ride departs at 10:30 am and the last trolley ride leaves at 4:30. Museum admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for ages 2-15.

The Shore Line Trolley Museum is a National Historic District. It is a non-profit, educational, volunteer-run, operating electric railway museum operating the Branford Electric Railway National Historic District.

The museum is at 17 River Street, signs are posted from I-95 (take Exit 51). For information call 203-467-6927 (to arrange group visits, 203-467-7635) or visit www.bera.org.

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