White River Junction, VT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 102 Railroad Row White River Junction, Vermont United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°38′54″N72°19′4″W / 43.64833°N 72.31778°W /43.64833; -72.31778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | State of Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | New England Central Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak:WRJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | June–December 8, 1937[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 16,519[3] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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White River Junction station is a passenger train station inWhite River Junction, Vermont, served byAmtrak'sVermonter. It is also used by theGreen Mountain Railroad for passenger excursion trains toThetford and theMontshire Museum of Science inNorwich, Vermont. Originally, it was built in 1937 as aunion station[4] that served theBoston and Maine Railroad andCentral Vermont Railway. On display adjacent to the station is a sheltered display ofBoston and Maine Railroad #494, a historic steam locomotive. The station's historic building is a contributing property in theWhite River Junction Historic District, which is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[5]Dartmouth College is five miles to the north inHanover, New Hampshire.
In earlier decades more trains stopped in the station. TheBoston & Maine'sAmbassador Boston–Montreal train stopped there, as did theConnecticut Yankee in its years as a longer distance international train from New York City toQuebec City.
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