Windsor Locks station

Windsor Locks

The Windsor Locks station in May 2012 with the Dexter Coffin Bridge of I-91 in the background.
Location South Main Street at Stanton Road
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
United States
Coordinates 41°54′50″N 72°37′34″W / 41.91389°N 72.62611°W / 41.91389; -72.62611Coordinates: 41°54′50″N 72°37′34″W / 41.91389°N 72.62611°W / 41.91389; -72.62611
Line(s) New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking Free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code WNL
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 18,711[1] Increase 1.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Northeast Regional
Terminus
toward New Haven
New Haven – Springfield Shuttle
Vermonter
toward St. Albans
  Starting in early 2018  
ConnDOT
Hartford Line
toward Springfield

Windsor Locks is an Amtrak railroad station in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on the New Haven-Springfield Line. It is the northernmost Amtrak station in the state of Connecticut. The station today consists of an open shelter on a raised concrete platform.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has proposed that the planned new commuter rail service called the Hartford Line stop at this station. The Hartford Line will operate between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, with service scheduled to begin in early 2018.[2]

History

The former railroad station

The former Windsor Locks station is located about a mile north of the current Amtrak station. Built in 1875, that station is a former New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad depot and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.[3][4] There are continued efforts to move the current Amtrak stop closer to the historic station and downtown area. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Connecticut" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Stacom, Dan (4 December 2015). "Springfield-To-New CommHavenuter Rail Cost Increases, Service Begins In 2018". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Windsor Locks Passenger Depot (Dymanic Depot Maps)
  4. 1 2 "WINDSOR LOCKS, CT (WNL)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

External links

Media related to Windsor Locks (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

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