Randolph station (Vermont)

Randolph is an Amtrak train station in Randolph, Vermont, United States. The only train that serves the station is the Vermonter, which operates between St. Albans, Vermont and Washington, D.C.[3] The station also contains a local restaurant. On the other side of the tracks is the depot for a private bus company, Randolph Stagecoach Transportation,[4] essentially creating an unofficial intermodal transportation center. However, the schedules of the two systems are not aligned in any way.

"Randolph station" redirects here. For the Randolph Street Station in Chicago, see Millennium Station. For the MBTA station, see Holbrook/Randolph (MBTA station). For the community originally known as Randolph Station, see Randolph, Indiana.

Randolph, VT
Randolph station in July 2006
Location	South Main Street and Salisbury Street Randolph, Vermont
Coordinates	43°55′22″N 72°39′57″W
Owned by	Randolph Depot Restaurant
Line(s)	New England Central Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Stagecoach Transportation
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	RPH
History
Opened	1848; 1996
Closed	1966
Rebuilt	1877
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)	1,842[1]  0.49%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station White River Junction toward Washington, D.C. Vermonter Montpelier toward St. Albans
Former services Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station Bethel toward New London Main Line Braintree toward St. Johns
Central Vermont Railway depot
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
The 1877-built station in 2006
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Location	South Main & Salisbury Streets Depot Square Randolph, Vermont
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1877
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Second Empire
Part of	Depot Square Historic District (ID75000143[2])
Designated CP	May 29, 1975

History

The station, circa 1915

Railway service in Randolph can be traced as far back as 1843 when the Vermont Central Railroad was chartered to build a line along the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, which was to include service in the city. The original station wasn't built until 1848 though, and by that time the VCRR was acquired by the Central Vermont Railway. By the late-1870s (although signs on the depot suggest 1881), Central Vermont moved the original depot and built a new one, converting the VCRR station into a freight house. When Central Vermont was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1896, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway bought the railroad and the station out and kept it afloat throughout most of the 20th Century.

Both passenger and freight service ended in Randolph in 1966. However a dedicated group of volunteers vowed to restore the stations and the surrounding area, even converting the second station into a café and restaurant.

Randolph Station became the centerpiece of and has been a contributing property to the Depot Square Historic District since 1975. In the 1990s local leaders began lobbying Amtrak to make Randolph a new railroad stop, even going so far as to rebuild the original VCRR freight depot into a bus depot for Randolph Stagecoach Transportation. Thirty years after the last Central Vermont train stopped in Randolph, Amtrak began using the station as a stop on the Vermonter, and has maintained that service ever since.

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. "Randolph Vermont (RPH)". TrainWeb. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
4. Existing Railroad Stations in Orange County, Vermont

External links

Media related to Randolph station (Vermont) at Wikimedia Commons

• Randolph, VT – Amtrak
• Randolph, VT (RPH) Great American Stations (Amtrak)