Windsor Locks 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	30 spaces (free) 100 long-term spaces (paid)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WNL (Amtrak)
History
Rebuilt	1875; 1981
Traffic
Passengers (FY2017)	15,155  11.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Windsor toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Roanoke Northeast Regional Springfield Terminus Windsor toward New Haven Union Station New Haven–Springfield Shuttle Hartford toward Washington, D.C. Vermonter Springfield toward St. Albans ConnDOT Windsor toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line 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 (4.8 km) to the northwest.

The new Hartford Line commuter rail service also stops here. The service began on June 16, 2018 and operates between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts. The current station is located approximately one mile south of the historic Windsor Locks station house; in a future phase of the Hartford Line project, all rail service would be transferred to proposed new high level platforms connected by an elevated walkway adjacent to the station house.

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.