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Transportation
| Rail | - Amtrak's Acela high speed rail service between Boston and Washington, D.C. with stops in New Haven and Stamford.
- More than 200 commuter trains travel between CT and New York City daily, and 33 million+ passengers used MetroNorth's New Haven line in 2000.
- CSX Transportation has moved 1.4 million tons of rail freight in Connecticut, and has saved shippers $5.7 million using rail instead of truck.
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| Air |
- 7.3 million passengers used Bradley International Airport in 2000.
- 189,029 tons of cargo passed through Bradley International Airport in 2000.
- There are over 60 private and commercial heliports in Connecticut.
- Six major international airports are within a two hour commute from anywhere in Connecticut:
- Bradley (Hartford, CT/Springfield, MA)
- Logan (Boston, MA)
- Newark (Newark, NJ)
- JFK (New York, NY)
- LaGuardia (New York, NY)
- TF Green (Providence, RI)
- Connecticut Regional Airports:
- Candlelight Farms Airport (New Milford)
- Chester Airport (Chester)
- Danbury Municipal Airport (Danbury)
- Danielson Airport (Danielson)
- Groton - New London (Groton)
- Hartford-Brainard Airport (Hartford)
- Igor Sikorsky Memorial Airport (Stratford)
- Johnnycake Airport (Burlington)
- Lakeside Airport (Griswold)
- Meriden-Markham Airport (Meriden)
- Rentschier Airport (East Hartford)
- Robertson Airport (Plainville)
- Sikorsky Memorial Airport (Stratford)
- Simsbury Tri-Town Airport (Simsbury)
- Skylark Airport (East Windsor)
- Somersfield (Marborough)
- Tweed-New Haven Airport (New Haven)
- Waterbury-Oxford Airport (Oxford)
- Windham Airport (Windham)
- Woodstock Airport (Woodstock)
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| Deep Water Ports | - The Port of New Haven handles 2.1 billion gallons of liquid bulk products (led by petroleum products) and 800,000 short tons of dry cargo annually.
- Renovations to Connecticut State Pier at New London, completed in 1997, included a new dock.
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| Highways | - Connecticut has the largest concentration in the U.S. of companies providing bulk transport services for international system.
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