Hartford (Amtrak station)

Hartford Union Station
Hartford Union Station in May 2014
Location	One Union Place Hartford, Connecticut United States
Coordinates	41°46′08″N 72°40′54″W / 41.76889°N 72.68167°W / 41.76889; -72.68167Coordinates: 41°46′08″N 72°40′54″W / 41.76889°N 72.68167°W / 41.76889; -72.68167
Owned by	Greater Hartford Transit District
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Train operators	Amtrak
Bus stands	15
Bus operators	CTtransit Hartford CTfastrak Greyhound Lines Peter Pan Bus Lines
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: HFD
History
Opened	1889
Rebuilt	1914, 1987
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	171,690  4.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Berlin toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle Windsor toward Springfield, MA Berlin toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Berlin toward Washington, DC Vermonter Windsor Locks toward St. Albans ConnDOT Sigourney Street toward Downtown New Britain CTfastrak Terminus   Planned service   Berlin toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line beginning 2018 Windsor toward Springfield Flatbush Avenue Proposed infill station (2021) toward New Haven Union Station
Hartford Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Union Place, Hartford, Connecticut
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1889
Architect	Keller, George
Architectural style	Other, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	75001932
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1975
Location
Hartford Union Station Location within Connecticut

Hartford Union Station is the main railway station in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The historic station building is near the State Capitol Building. It is a Richardsonian Romanesque building designed by George Keller, executed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, and built in 1889. A 1914 fire required a rebuild; the interior was renovated in 1987. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.

It is served by Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield Line which branches off from the Northeast Corridor in New Haven. Of the 12 Connecticut stations served by Amtrak, Hartford was the third busiest in 2011.

The station is located on the western edge of downtown Hartford, on a three-acre (1.2 ha) block between Union Place and Spruce Street on the east and west and Church and Asylum streets to the north and south. Opposite the main building on Union Place are a mixture of other old buildings and parking lots. To the west is a triangular parking lot and the viaduct carrying Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 6, which curves around the north of the station as well. Across Asylum on the south is Bushnell Park, also listed on the Register.

The main building is located between the tracks and Union Place. It is a three-story rectangular building in rough-faced Portland brownstone with two smaller, similarly shaped two-story wings on the north and south. The main building has a flat roof; the wings are gabled and tiled, with dormer windows piercing them at regular intervals.