Willimantic station

Former railway station in Willimantic, Connecticut, US

Willimantic

Former station platform in August 2013

General information
Location| 55 Bridge Street, Willimantic, Connecticut
Coordinates| 41°42′45.5″N 72°13′10.3″W﻿ / ﻿41.712639°N 72.219528°W﻿ / 41.712639; -72.219528
Line(s)| New England Central Railroad
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Construction
Parking| Yes
Accessible| No
Other information
Station code| WIM
History
Opened| 1849; November 1991
Closed| 1955; 1995
Passengers
1994| 3,000[1]
Former services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

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New London

toward Washington, D.C.

|  | Montrealer |  | Amherst

toward Montreal

Location

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[edit]

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

The original station in downtown Willimantic

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Loss of Montrealer service angers many". Hartford Courant. 16 December 1994. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
2. ^ http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/willimantic.htm#:~:text=Amtrak - Willimantic, CT (WIM) Amtrak Montrealer Schedule, issued October 30, 1994

## External links[edit]

Media related to Willimantic station at Wikimedia Commons

* Willimantic station—USA Rail Guide

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Amtrak stations in Connecticut

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* Berlin
* Bridgeport
* Hartford
* Meriden
* Mystic
* New Haven State Street
* New Haven Union
* New London
* Old Saybrook
* Stamford
* Wallingford
* Windsor
* Windsor Locks

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* Branford
* Clinton
* East Lyme
* Enfield
* Groton
* Guilford
* Leete's Island
* Madison
* North Haven
* Pine Orchard
* Stony Creek
* Willimantic

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