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Bristol station was a train station located on the east side of Main Street in Bristol, Connecticut.

The opening of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad in 1845, with stagecoaches from Bristol to Berlin, allowed day trips from Bristol to New Haven for the first time. The line through Bristol opened on June 1, 1850. Access to the railroad for shipping in raw materials and shipping out finished products was essential to the development of the city's clock industry. The station site was between the North Village and South Village; beginning in the 1860s, it attracted surrounding commercial development which eventually because the city center. The Main Street level crossing adjacent to the station was eliminated in 1900 by lowering Main Street.