Meriden (Amtrak station)

Meriden
The new Meriden station under construction in December 2016
Location	60 State Street Meriden, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°32′22″N 72°48′03″W / 41.5394°N 72.8008°W / 41.5394; -72.8008Coordinates: 41°32′22″N 72°48′03″W / 41.5394°N 72.8008°W / 41.5394; -72.8008
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1 side platform (2 will be built in 2016 with pedestrian bridge )
Tracks	2
Connections	Connecticut Transit Meriden: A, B, C Connecticut Transit New Haven: C1 Middletown Area Transit: M-Link
Other information
Station code	MDN
History
Opened	1839
Rebuilt	1854 September 1882 September 21, 1942 1970 May 2017 (under construction)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	17,735
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Wallingford toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle Berlin toward Springfield, MA Wallingford toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Wallingford toward Washington, DC Vermonter Berlin toward St. Albans   Starting in early 2018   ConnDOT Wallingford toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Berlin toward Springfield

Meriden is a train station on the New Haven-Springfield Line located at 60 State Street in Meriden, Connecticut. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, New Haven – Springfield Shuttle, and Vermonter. The station is being reconstructed for Hartford Line service; a temporary platform is in use until May 2017 during construction.

The Hartford and New Haven Railroad opened from New Haven to Meriden in December 1838, and to Hartford in December 1839. The initial station was "shed-like"; services were moved to Conklin's Hotel in 1840 and the Rodgers Building in 1842.

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad built a brick colonial revival station in 1942. The city demolished that station and built a one-story brick station in 1970 as part of a downtown revitalization program.

The station is being reconstructed for use by Hartford Line commuter service, scheduled to begin operation in early 2018. The new station, located on the site of the 1970-built station, will have two high-level platforms connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge. It will not be staffed, heated, or equipped with toilet facilities. Demolition of an adjacent building to make room for the parking lot began in October 2014.

The ticket office in the 1970-built station building was closed on March 4, 2016, and the station building itself closed for demolition on March 12. The old platform was replaced by a temporary boarding area on March 28, 2016. The frame of the new station was completed by July 2016. 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 2018 when Hartford Line service begins.

The 1882-built station on a 1908 postcard

The 1970-built station in 2015