Wallingford station (Connecticut)

Wallingford
The newly opened Wallingford station in December 2017
Location	343 North Cherry Street Wallingford, Connecticut
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	CT Transit Wallingford: 292
Construction
Parking	221 surface spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WFD
History
Opened	1871 (original station) November 6, 2017 (new station)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2017)	8,258  11.9%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station New Haven toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Roanoke Northeast Regional Meriden toward Springfield New Haven Terminus New Haven-Springfield Shuttle New Haven toward Washington, D.C. Vermonter Meriden toward St. Albans   Future service   ConnDOT New Haven State Street toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Beginning June 16, 2018 Meriden toward Springfield North Haven Proposed toward New Haven Union Station
Wallingford Railroad Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of Connecticut Show map of the US 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 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 is a train station on the New Haven–Springfield Line located in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional New Haven–Springfield Shuttle, and Vermonter. A new station with high-level platforms opened on November 6, 2017 to the north of the original station.

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.

The original 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. The original Wallingford station building 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 temporary platform replaced the former station platform on April 25, 2016. The temporary platform was used until the new station was completed.

In fall 2016, the Wallingford Planning and Zoning Commission adopted a Transit-Oriented Development Plan, which outlined recommendations for development and infrastructure changes around the station. The existing commercial, industrial zone near the station, as part of the plan, will be replaced with medium- and high-density residential zoning. New commercial and residential development will be encouraged near the station and improvements will be made in the area of the station to connect to downtown Wallingford.