Platforms 1 side platform Connections Connecticut Transit Opened 1871 Connection Connecticut Transit | Tracks 1 Station code WFD Phone +1 800-872-7245 Added to NRHP 19 November 1993 | |
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Location 37 Hall Avenue
Wallingford, Connecticut Line(s) New Haven–Springfield Line Address 37 Hall Ave, Wallingford, CT 06492, USA Similar Meriden station, Berlin station, Hartford Union Station, Union Station, Windsor Locks station | ||
Wallingford station is an Amtrak train station in Wallingford, Connecticut. It serves the Northeast Regional, New Haven – Springfield Shuttle, and the Vermonter lines. The station is located adjacent to the town green, between Hall Avenue and Quinnipiac Avenue, near where both intersect with Colony Street (U.S. Route 5).
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Additionally, the Connecticut Department of Transportation plans to add a new commuter 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. A new station with high-level platforms is under construction to the north of the existing station; it will open in May 2017.
History
The depot at Wallingford was built in 1871 by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad on the Springfield Line, and was built in a French Second Empire style similar to that of Windsor Station.
Only the platform at Wallingford remains in use by Amtrak today; the station building was closed to the public in 1994 and is now used for adult education and the New Haven Model Railroad Club. The line through Wallingford was double-tracked until 1990 when the second track was removed. Today there are 15 passenger trains a day in addition to a daily round-trip freight on the Springfield Line during the daytime. Wallingford station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993. There are currently plans by Amtrak and the Connecticut Department of Transportation to add a new service called the Hartford Line. A new station is under construction half a mile to the north on Parker Street to accommodate the increased number of passengers.
A temporary platform replaced the former platform on May 1, 2016. The temporary platform will be used until the new station is completed. The rebuilt Meriden, Berlin, and Wallingford stations are expected to be completed by May 2017, although the stations will serve only existing Amtrak service until January 2018 when Hartford Line service begins.
In fall 2016, the Wallingford Planning and Zoning Commission adopted a Transit-Oriented Development Plan, which outlined recommendations for development and infrastructure changes around the station. The existing commercial, industrial zone near the station, as part of the plan, will be replaced with medium- and high-density residential zoning. New commercial and residential development will be encouraged near the station and improvements will be made in the area of the station to connect to downtown Wallingford.