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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.

White River Junction, VT
General information
Location102 Railroad Row
White River Junction, Vermont
United States
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 codeAmtrak: WRJ
History
RebuiltJuneDecember 8, 1937[1][2]
Passengers
FY 20213,132[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Windsor Vermonter Randolph
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Bellows Falls Montrealer Montpelier
toward Montreal
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
Evarts
toward New London
Main Line West Hartford
toward East Alburgh

In earlier decades more trains stopped in the station. The Boston & Maine's Ambassador BostonMontreal 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.
  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.
  3. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  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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