Willimantic station explained

Style:Amtrak
Style2:Amtrak old
Willimantic
Address:55 Bridge Street, Willimantic, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.7126°N 72.2195°W
Line:New England Central Railroad
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Parking:Yes
Passengers:3,000[1]
Pass Year:1994
Opened:1849; November 1991
Closed:1955; 1995
Accessible:No
Code:WIM
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Marker-Color:
  1. 888
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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 would refer to the stop as "Willimantic, CT (Storrs)", since this was the closest railroad station to the University of Connecticut Storrs Campus (located approximately 7 miles north of Willimantic).[2]

History

Before Amtrak, passenger rail service existed in Willimantic until 1955.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loss of Montrealer service angers many. . 16 December 1994 . 28 May 2024.
  2. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/willimantic.htm#:~:text=Amtrak%20%2D%20Willimantic%2C%20CT%20(WIM) Amtrak Montrealer Schedule, issued October 30, 1994