White River Junction, VT
General information
Location102 Railroad Row
White River Junction, Vermont
United States
Coordinates43°38′54″N 72°19′4″W / 43.64833°N 72.31778°W / 43.64833; -72.31778
Owned byState of Vermont
Line(s)New England Central Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsMainline rail interchange Green Mountain Railroad
Bus transport StageCoach: 89er
Bus transport Advance Transit: Orange Line
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: WRJ
History
RebuiltJune–December 8, 1937[1][2]
Passengers
FY 202212,310[3] (Amtrak)
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

White River Junction station 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[4] that served the Boston and Maine Railroad and Central Vermont Railway. 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.[5] Dartmouth College is five miles to the north in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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. ↑ "Railroads to Build New Brick Depot at White River Junction". The Brattleboro Daily Reformer. June 19, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Speeches and Fanfare Dedicate White River Junction Station". The Brattleboro Daily Reformer. December 9, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Windsor County, VT". www.rrshs.org.
  5. ↑ Courtney Fisher (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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