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 a longer distance international train from New York City to Quebec City.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Speeches and Fanfare Dedicate White River Junction Station". The Brattleboro Daily Reformer. December 9, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved July 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Windsor County, VT". www.rrshs.org.
- ^ Courtney Fisher (May 1980). "White River Junction Historic District --National Register Nomination Information". Scanned or other replica of original NRHP application document. CRJC.ORG.
External links
Media related to White River Junction station at Wikimedia Commons
- White River Junction, VT – Amtrak
- White River Junction, VT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)