Windsor station (Connecticut)

Windsor
The 1870-built Hartford and New Haven Railroad depot at Windsor
Location	41 Central Street Windsor, Connecticut United States
Coordinates
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Connecticut Transit
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WND
History
Opened	1870
Rebuilt	1988
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	13,235  13%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Hartford toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Windsor Locks toward Springfield, MA Hartford toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle   Starting in early 2018   ConnDOT Hartford toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Windsor Locks toward Springfield
Hartford & New Haven Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Windsor, Connecticut
Architectural style	Second Empire
MPS	18th and 19th Century Brick Architecture of Windsor TR
NRHP Reference #	88001479
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1988
Location
Windsor Location within Connecticut

Windsor is a historic railroad station in downtown Windsor, Connecticut. It is served by Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield Line which branches off from the Northeast Corridor in New Haven.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation plans to add a new commuter rail service called the Hartford Line in collaboration with Amtrak and the federal government that will run between New Haven and Springfield, Massachusetts. As of late 2015, funding had been secured and the service is scheduled to begin operation in early 2018.

Services

The station is served by Connecticut Transit bus routes 32, 34, and 36, which provides service to downtown Hartford.

History

Windsor Station was originally built in 1870 as the Hartford & New Haven Railroad Depot and rebuilt to its original Victorian architecture by Town of Windsor, Amtrak and the Greater Hartford Transit District in 1988, the same year it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A former freight house is located nearby, which now serves as the home of the Windsor Arts Center.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor, Connecticut
• Wallingford, Connecticut, Amtrak station – a station with a similar design
• Windsor Locks station

Further reading

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CT-23-A, "Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT"

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Windsor, CT
• Windsor Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• Windsor Station (WND) Great American Stations (Amtrak)