Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont)

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Brattleboro, VT
Brattleboro Vermont Amtrak station.jpg
The Vermonter at Brattleboro station in June 2013
Location10 Vernon Road
Brattleboro, Vermont
Coordinates42°51′03″N 72°33′24″W / 42.8509°N 72.5566°W / 42.8509; -72.5566Coordinates: 42°51′03″N 72°33′24″W / 42.8509°N 72.5566°W / 42.8509; -72.5566
Line(s)New England Central Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport The Current: Brattleboro White Line
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeBRA
History
Rebuilt1880, 1915
2022–24 (planned)
Passengers
201916,765[1] Increase 0.99%
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Greenfield
toward Washington, D.C.
 Vermonter Bellows Falls
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Northampton
Before 1987
toward Washington, D.C.
 Montrealer Bellows Falls
toward Montreal
Amherst
1987 - 2014
toward Washington, D.C.
Vermonter Bellows Falls
toward St. Albans
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
toward New London
 Main Line Bellows Falls
toward
Union Station
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.jpg
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in 2012
Built1915; 106 years ago (1915)
NRHP reference No.74000268
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1974

Union Station (also called Brattleboro station) is an Amtrak intercity rail station located in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. It is served by the one daily round trip of the Vermonter service. Most of the 1915-built station is occupied by the 1972-opened Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, while Amtrak uses a waiting room on the lower floor.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

New station plans[]

As of 2020, Amtrak and the town plan to build an accessible full-length high-level platform - the first such platform in the state.[3][4] Construction on the $4.5 million project is planned to start in early 2022.[5] A $366,000 expansion of the parking area, which involves demolition of the nearby Archery Building, is planned to be complete in late 2021 ahead of the station project.[6][7] The Archery Building, a small wooden structure across the tracks from the station building, may have originally been a freight house or railroad office; contrary to local claims, it was not the original passenger station.[2][8]


Gallery[]

  • The previous Brattleboro station, circa 1908

  • Union Station, circa 1920

  • Brattleboro station in 1972, shortly before the Montrealer resumed service

  • Entrance to Amtrak waiting room

References[]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2019, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Brattleboro, VT (BRA)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  3. ^ Audette, Bob (November 19, 2020). "Brattleboro Amtrak station on track for rebuild". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Brattleboro Station – New ADA-Compliant Building, Platform, and Track Changes". iBrattleboro. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Audette, Bob (November 23, 2020). "Amtrak $4.5-million upgrade to start early 2022". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Mays, Chris (February 7, 2021). "Ahead of Amtrak upgrades, engineers take on parking". Bennington Banner. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Mays, Chris (December 6, 2020). "Amtrak station project expands parking". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. ^ Audette, Bob (December 15, 2009). "Union Station Oversight panel eyes Archery Building". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

External links[]

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