Amherst (Amtrak station)

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Amherst
Amherst Massachusetts Amtrak Station.
Station statistics
Address	13 Railroad Street Amherst, MA 01002
Coordinates	42°22′30″N 72°30′41″W / 42.375°N 72.51139°W / 42.375; -72.51139Coordinates: 42°22′30″N 72°30′41″W / 42.375°N 72.51139°W / 42.375; -72.51139
Lines	Vermonter
Platforms	1
Parking	free
Other information
Opened	1853
Rebuilt	1992
Code	AMM
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	13,581 ▲ 7.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Springfield, MA toward Washington, D.C. Vermonter Brattleboro toward St. Albans

Amherst is an Amtrak station in Amherst, Massachusetts on the Vermonter. It is located at 13 Railroad Street, off Main Street. The station was originally built in 1853 by the Central Vermont Railroad and was restored in 1992.^[1]

Known as The Knowledge Corridor, the Amherst Amtrak station connects the Five Colleges directly with the University of Connecticut/Storrs and reflects the area's dense concentration of colleges and universities (29) and more than 100,000 students.

On average, thirty-five passengers boarded or detrained Amtrak services daily at Amherst in FY08, making it the 8th-busiest stop in Massachusetts. A potential realignment of the Vermonter route may end rail service to Amherst, stopping, instead, on the other side of the Connecticut River in the cities of Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield.

[edit] Notable places nearby

The station is close to several colleges:

• Amherst College
• Smith College
• Mount Holyoke College
• Hampshire College
• University of Massachusetts Amherst

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Amherst, MA

• Ridership figures, FY 2008
• Ridership figures, FY 2009

• Amtrak Stations Database
• Photo at Amtrak Photo Archive
• HO scale model of the Amherst Station

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