White River Junction station

White River Junction is a passenger train station in White River Junction, Vermont, served by Amtrak's Vermonter. It is also used by the Green Mountain Railroad for passenger excursion trains to Thetford and the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont. Originally, it was built in 1937 as a union station[2] that served the Boston and Maine Railroad, Central Vermont Railway, and Rutland Railroad. On display adjacent to the station is a sheltered display of Boston and Maine Railroad #494, a historic steam locomotive. The station's historic building is a contributing property in the White River Junction Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] Dartmouth College is five miles to the north in Hanover, New Hampshire.

White River Junction
Location102 Railroad Row
White River Junction, Vermont
Coordinates43°38′54″N 72°19′4″W
Owned byState of Vermont
Line(s)New England Central Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections Green Mountain Railroad
StageCoach: 89er
Advance Transit: Orange Line
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeWRJ
History
OpenedDecember 8, 1937
Traffic
Passengers (FY2018)13,864[1]  2.29%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Windsor
toward Washington, D.C.
 Vermonter Randolph
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Bellows Falls
toward Washington, D.C.
 Montrealer Montpelier
toward Montreal
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
Evarts
toward New London
 Main Line West Hartford
toward St. Johns

In earlier decades more trains stopped in the station. The Boston & Maine's Ambassador Boston - Montreal train stopped there, as did the Connecticut Yankee in its years as an longer distance international train from New York City to Quebec City.

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Windsor County, VT". www.rrshs.org.
  3. Courtney Fisher (original author) (May 1980). "White River Junction Historic District --National Register Nomination Information". Scanned or other replica of original NRHP application document. CRJC.ORG.

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