Wallingford station (Connecticut) explained

Wallingford
Style:CTrail
Address:343 North Cherry Street
Borough:Wallingford, Connecticut
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.4569°N -72.8249°W
Owned:ConnDOT
Line:New Haven–Springfield Line
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections: CTtransit: 215, 291, 292
Parking:221 spaces
Bicycle:Racks
Architect:Michael Baker International
Accessible:Yes
Opened:December 3, 1838[1]
Rebuilt:1871
2014–2017 (current station)
Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Nrhp:
Embed:yes
Wallingford Railroad Station
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:14
Built:1871
Architect:W.P. Dickerman
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:November 19, 1993
Refnum:93001245[2]

Wallingford station is a train station on the New Haven–Springfield Line located in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is served by the CT Rail Hartford Line (consisting of Connecticut Department of Transportation and Amtrak trains) and by Amtrak's, and . 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

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.[3]

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.

A temporary platform replaced the former station platform on April 25, 2016. The temporary platform was used until the new station was completed.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] [7]

Amtrak's stopped serving the and Wallingford stations on June 9, 2018 due to the addition of Hartford Line service by Amtrak and the Connecticut Department of Transportation.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Haven Road Has Served City 104 Years . May 22, 2021 . The Meriden Record . September 21, 1942 . 11, 13. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: State Listings - Connecticut - New Haven County . National Register of Historic Places . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928182640/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CT/New+Haven/state5.html . September 28, 2012.
  3. Web site: Wallingford, CT (WFD) . Great American Stations . Amtrak . March 6, 2013.
  4. Temporary Train Boarding Platform to Open April 25 in Berlin . April 22, 2016 . Connecticut Department of Transportation . April 25, 2018.
  5. Web site: Fall 2016 Newsletter. November 29, 2016. nhhsrail.com. Connecticut Department of Transportation. January 26, 2017.
  6. News: State to hold grand opening of Wallingford train station Monday . Zabierek . Matthew . November 5, 2017 . The Record-Journal.
  7. Gov. Malloy Announces Opening of New Train Station in Wallingford That Will Serve the Hartford Line . Office of Governor Dannel P. Malloy . November 6, 2017.
  8. Web site: Vermonter Timetable . Amtrak . June 9, 2018 . June 18, 2018.