Willimantic station
Willimantic | |||||||||||
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Former station platform in August 2013 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 55 Bridge Street, Willimantic, Connecticut | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°42′45.5″N 72°13′10.3″W / 41.712639°N 72.219528°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | New England Central Railroad | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | WIM | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1849; November 1991 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1955; 1995 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
1994 | 3,000[1] | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Willimantic is a former intercity rail station located in Willimantic, Connecticut. Amtrak service to Willimantic began in 1991 with the Montrealer; it was closed in 1995 when the service was replaced by the Vermonter and no longer ran through Willimantic. The station consisted of an illuminated concrete platform alongside a parking lot (the platform remains intact as of 2024). The former station site is about one mile east of the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, which was established the in 1995, the same year the station closed.
Amtrak schedules previously referred to the stop as "Willimantic, CT (Storrs) [sic]", since it was the closest railroad station to the main campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs-Mansfield, located approximately 7 miles north of the station.[2]
History
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Before Amtrak, passenger rail service existed in Willimantic until 1955.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Willimantic_station_postcard.jpg/220px-Willimantic_station_postcard.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ "Loss of Montrealer service angers many". Hartford Courant. 16 December 1994. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/willimantic.htm#:~:text=Amtrak%20%2D%20Willimantic%2C%20CT%20(WIM) Amtrak Montrealer Schedule, issued October 30, 1994
External links
[edit] Media related to Willimantic station (Amtrak) at Wikimedia Commons
- Willimantic station—USA Rail Guide
- 1991 establishments in Connecticut
- Transportation in Windham, Connecticut
- Former Amtrak stations in Connecticut
- Former Central Vermont Railway stations
- Former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1991
- Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1990s
- Connecticut stubs