Rutland station
Rutland, VT | ||||||||||||
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 Rutland station in 2013 | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Other names | James M. Jeffords Rail Passenger Welcome Center | |||||||||||
| Location | 25 Evelyn Street Rutland, VT 05701 | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°36′21″N 72°58′54″W / 43.6058°N 72.9817°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Rutland | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | Vermont Railway | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||
| Station code | Amtrak code: RUD | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 1999 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 14,267[1]  0.5% | |||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||
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Rutland is a train station in Rutland, Vermont served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is served daily by Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express.
The station, which is located near the former Rutland Railroad yard on the western edge of downtown, opened in 1999. Designed by local firm NBF Architects, the station has walls of red brick that rise from a base of textured gray concrete block. To celebrate Rutland native Jim Jeffords, who represented Vermont in Congress, city leaders renamed the station the “James M. Jeffords Rail Passenger Welcome Center.”[2]
History
Rutland's first railway station was built near Merchants' Row in 1853-54 by the Rutland Railroad. In 1905-06 wings were added to the north and south of the depot. The building served the city of Rutland until New York City to Montreal passenger service ended in 1953, and two years later it was demolished.[2]
Amtrak service to Rutland commenced on December 2, 1996 with service provided to a temporary station platform.[3] Construction is underway to extend service from Rutland north to Burlington, Vermont.
Station layout
The station has one low-level side platform, which contains a short stub of a high-level platform adjacent for accessibility purposes.
| P Platform level |
Street level | Exit/entrance to station building |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right 
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| Track 1 | ← Ethan Allen Express toward New York City (Castleton) Ethan Allen Express alighting passengers only → | |
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Rutland, VT Station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ Lloyd, Barbara (December 19, 1996). "Train Trip to Vermont Offers Some of the Fun". The New York Times.
External links
Media related to Rutland (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons- Rutland, VT – Amtrak
- Rutland, VT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Rutland, VT (RUD) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
- Rutland Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
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