Union Station (Brattleboro, Vermont)

Union Station is an Amtrak intercity rail station located in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. It is served by the one daily round trip of the Vermonter service. Most of the 1915-built station is occupied by the 1972-opened Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, while Amtrak uses a waiting room on the lower floor.[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Brattleboro, VT
The Vermonter at Brattleboro station in June 2013
Location10 Vernon Road
Brattleboro, Vermont
Coordinates42.8509°N 72.5566°W / 42.8509; -72.5566
Line(s)New England Central Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections The Current: Brattleboro White Line
Construction
ParkingYes
Other information
Station codeBRA
History
Rebuilt1880, 1915
Passengers
201916,765[1]  0.99%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Greenfield
toward Washington, D.C.
 Vermonter Bellows Falls
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Greenfield
toward Washington, D.C.
 Montrealer Bellows Falls
toward Montreal
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
Vernon
toward New London
 Main Line Bellows Falls
toward St. Johns
Union Station
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in 2012
Built1915 (1915)
NRHP reference No.74000268
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1974

As of 2020, Amtrak and the town plan to build an accessible full-length high-level platform - the first such platform in the state.[3][4] Construction on the $4.5 million project is planned to start in early 2022.[5]

The Archery Building, a small wooden structure across the tracks from the station building, may have originally been a freight house or railroad office; contrary to local claims, it was not the original passenger station.[2][6]


  • The previous Brattleboro station, circa 1908
  • Union Station, circa 1920
  • Brattleboro station in 1972, shortly before the Montrealer resumed service
  • Entrance to Amtrak waiting room

References
  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2019, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2020.
  2. "Brattleboro, VT (BRA)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  3. Audette, Bob (November 19, 2020). "Brattleboro Amtrak station on track for rebuild". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  4. "Brattleboro Station – New ADA-Compliant Building, Platform, and Track Changes". iBrattleboro. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  5. Audette, Bob (November 23, 2020). "Amtrak $4.5-million upgrade to start early 2022". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  6. Audette, Bob (December 15, 2009). "Union Station Oversight panel eyes Archery Building". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

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