Wallingford station (Connecticut) facts for kids

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Wallingford station in December 2017
Location	343 North Cherry Street Wallingford, Connecticut
Owned by	ConnDOT
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	Amtrak and CTrail
Connections	CTtransit: 215, 291, 292
Construction
Parking	221 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Bike racks are available
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Michael Baker International
Other information
Station code	WFD (Amtrak)
History
Opened	1871
Rebuilt	2014–2017 (current station)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	9,305  2.62% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station New Haven State Street toward New Haven Hartford Line Meriden toward Springfield New Haven State Street toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke Northeast Regional New Haven State Street toward New Haven Valley Flyer Meriden toward Greenfield Preceding station ConnDOT Following station New Haven State Street toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Meriden toward Springfield North Haven Proposed toward New Haven Union Station
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station New Haven toward Atlantic City Atlantic City Express 1991-1995 Meriden toward Springfield
Wallingford Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wallingford station in November 2013
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Location	Wallingford, Connecticut
Built	1871
Architect	W.P. Dickerman
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	93001245
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1993

Wallingford is a train station on the New Haven–Springfield Line located in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is served by the CTrail Hartford Line (consisting of Connecticut Department of Transportation and Amtrak trains) and by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, and Valley Flyer. A new station with high-level platforms opened on November 6, 2017 to the north of the original station. The former station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Wallingford Railroad Station.

History

An Amtrak train at Wallingford in 1980

The depot at Wallingford was built in 1871 by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad on the Springfield Line, and was built in a French Second Empire style similar to that of the Windsor train station.

The original station building was closed to the public in 1994 and is now used for adult education and the New Haven Model Railroad Club. The line through Wallingford was double-tracked until 1990 when the second track was removed. The original Wallingford station building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993.

Temporary platform used in mid-2016

A temporary platform replaced the former station platform on April 25, 2016. The temporary platform was used until the new station was completed.

In fall 2016, the Wallingford Planning and Zoning Commission adopted a Transit-Oriented Development Plan, which outlined recommendations for development and infrastructure changes around the station. The existing commercial, industrial zone near the station, as part of the plan, will be replaced with medium- and high-density residential zoning. New commercial and residential development will be encouraged near the station and improvements will be made in the area of the station to connect to downtown Wallingford.

Wallingford has two high-level side platforms serving both tracks, each 6 cars long. The new station, which cost about $21 million to construct, opened on November 6, 2017.

Amtrak's Vermonter stopped serving the Berlin and Wallingford stations on June 9, 2018 due to the addition of Hartford Line service by Amtrak and the Connecticut Department of Transportation.