Wallingford (Amtrak station)

Wallingford
Wallingford station in November 2013
Location	37 Hall Avenue Wallingford, Connecticut
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Connecticut Transit
Other information
Station code	WFD
History
Opened	1871
Rebuilt	May 2017 (under construction)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	9,377
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station New Haven toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Meriden toward Springfield, MA New Haven Terminus New Haven – Springfield Shuttle New Haven toward Washington, DC Vermonter Meriden toward St. Albans   Starting in early 2018   ConnDOT North Haven toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Meriden toward Springfield
Wallingford Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Wallingford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°27′25″N 72°49′29.5″W / 41.45694°N 72.824861°W / 41.45694; -72.824861Coordinates: 41°27′25″N 72°49′29.5″W / 41.45694°N 72.824861°W / 41.45694; -72.824861
Architect	W.P. Dickerman
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	93001245
Added to NRHP	November 19, 1993

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).

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.

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.