Windsor Locks (Amtrak station)

Windsor Locks
Windsor Locks station in January 2015
Location	South Main Street at Stanton Road Windsor Locks, Connecticut United States
Coordinates	41°54′50″N 72°37′34″W / 41.91389°N 72.62611°W / 41.91389; -72.62611Coordinates: 41°54′50″N 72°37′34″W / 41.91389°N 72.62611°W / 41.91389; -72.62611
Owned by	Town of Windsor Locks
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	100 spaces (free)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WNL
History
Rebuilt	1875; 1981
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	18,711  1.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Windsor toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional Springfield, MA Terminus Windsor toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle Hartford toward Washington, DC Vermonter Springfield, MA toward St. Albans   Future service   ConnDOT Windsor toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Beginning January 2018 Springfield Terminus Enfield Future station toward Springfield
Windsor Locks Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	41°56′01″N 72°37′39″W / 41.933611°N 72.6275°W / 41.933611; -72.6275
NRHP Reference #	75001937

Windsor Locks is an Amtrak train station in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on the New Haven–Springfield Line. It is the northernmost Amtrak station in the state of Connecticut. The station today consists of an open shelter on a raised concrete platform. Bradley International Airport, the second busiest airport in southern New England, also in Windsor Locks, is 3 miles to the northwest.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation has proposed that the planned new commuter rail service called the Hartford Line stop at this station. The Hartford Line will operate between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, with service scheduled to begin in early 2018.

The Hartford and New Haven Railroad opened through Windsor Locks in 1839. The New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, its successor, built a new station in the town center in 1875. The station building was closed by Penn Central in 1971; Penn Central and later Amtrak passengers continued to use the platform, but Penn Central used the interior as a signal workshop. Penn Central later attempted to demolish the station, but a local group succeeded in having it listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Amtrak bought the Springfield Line infrastructure, including the "remarkably intact" station, in 1976. Service moved to the current location - a new park-and-ride stop just south of Interstate 91 - in 1981.