Holyoke Railroad Station

Holyoke
Amtrak inter-city rail station
The newly opened Depot Square Railroad Station in August 2015
Location	74 Main Street Holyoke, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°12′15″N 72°36′10″W / 42.204263°N 72.60287°W / 42.204263; -72.60287Coordinates: 42°12′15″N 72°36′10″W / 42.204263°N 72.60287°W / 42.204263; -72.60287
Line(s)	Conn River Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	25 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: HLK
History
Opened	1845 (original station) 1885 (Connecticut River Railroad Station) August 27, 2015
Closed	1885 (original station) 1966 (Connecticut River Railroad Station)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016 partial year)	1,203
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Springfield, MA toward Washington, DC Vermonter Northampton toward St. Albans

Holyoke is an Amtrak intercity train station near the corner of Main and Dwight streets in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The station, which opened on August 27, 2015, was originally scheduled to open in late December 2014 when Amtrak's Vermonter service was re-routed to the Conn River Line through the Pioneer Valley.

The first railroad station in Holyoke had opened in 1845, followed by the H.H. Richardson-designed Connecticut River Railroad Station in 1885. Though passenger service to Holyoke ended in 1966, the 1885 depot is still extant. The opening of the new station returned passenger rail service to Holyoke for the first time in 49 years, and to the Dwight and Main streets site for the first time in 130 years.

The Connecticut River Railroad opened to passenger service between Springfield and Northampton in late 1845; trains reached Deerfield in August 1846, Greenfield in December 1847, and the junction with the Central Vermont Railway in January 1849. When the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad reached Brattleboro in 1850, the Connecticut River Railroad began running through service from Springfield to Brattleboro. Over the next century, the line was host to a mix of local and long-distance passenger and freight service. It became part of the route for numerous New York-Montreal trains as early as the 1860s, and was acquired by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1893.

Holyoke’s original train depot, which was located near Dwight and Main Streets, was a modest wooden structure that served both passenger and freight needs. The site of the original depot is today occupied by an automobile repair shop and dealership.

The Connecticut River Railroad Station was built in Holyoke in 1884-5 for the Connecticut River Railroad. Designed by the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson, it was one of the last in his series of Northeastern railroad stations. The station building, which is rectangular in shape, was originally designed with a double-height waiting room lit by high dormers. The building, which was constructed with granite and brownstone, included a slate covered hipped roof with multiple dormers.