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Brattleboro, VT
Brattleboro Vermont Amtrak station.jpg
The Vermonter at Brattleboro station in June 2013
Location 10 Vernon Road
Brattleboro, Vermont
Coordinates 42°51′03″N 72°33′24″W / 42.8509°N 72.5566°W / 42.8509; -72.5566
Line(s) New England Central Railroad
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport The Current: Brattleboro White Line
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code BRA
History
Rebuilt 1880, 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2019) 16,765 Increase 0.99%
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Greenfield
toward Washington, D.C.
 Vermonter Bellows Falls
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Greenfield
toward Washington, D.C.
 Montrealer Bellows Falls
toward Montreal
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
Vernon
toward New London
 Main Line Bellows Falls
toward St. Johns
Union Station
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.jpg
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in 2012
Built 1915; 109 years ago (1915)
NRHP reference No. 74000268
Added to NRHP June 6, 1974

Union Station is an Amtrak intercity rail station located in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. It is served by the one daily round trip of the Vermonter service. Most of the 1915-built station is occupied by the 1972-opened Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, while Amtrak uses a waiting room on the lower floor. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

As of 2020, Amtrak and the town plan to build an accessible full-length high-level platform - the first such platform in the state. Construction on the $4.5 million project is planned to start in early 2022.

The Archery Building, a small wooden structure across the tracks from the station building, may have originally been a freight house or railroad office; contrary to local claims, it was not the original passenger station.

Gallery

  • Brattleboro station 1908 postcard

    The previous Brattleboro station, circa 1908

  • Union Station, Brattleboro, VT

    Union Station, circa 1920

  • Brattleboro station, August 1972

    Brattleboro station in 1972, shortly before the Montrealer resumed service

  • Entrance to Amtrak waiting area at Brattleboro station, March 2015

    Entrance to Amtrak waiting room

  • Amtrak – Stations – Brattleboro, VT
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