Randolph station (Vermont)

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Randolph, VT
Randolph station, July 2006.jpg
Randolph station in July 2006
General information
LocationSouth Main Street and Salisbury Street
Randolph, Vermont
United States
Coordinates 43°55′22″N72°39′57″W / 43.92278°N 72.66583°W / 43.92278; -72.66583
Owned byRandolph Depot Restaurant
Line(s) New England Central Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Stagecoach Transportation
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: RPH
History
OpenedJanuary 31, 1849 (Vermont Central Railroad) [1]
April 14, 1996 (Amtrak) [2]
Closed1966
Rebuilt1877
Passengers
FY 20232,231 [3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
White River Junction Vermonter Montpelier
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station Central Vermont Railway Following station
Bethel
toward New London
Main Line Braintree
toward St. Johns
Central Vermont Railway depot
LocationSouth Main & Salisbury Streets
Depot Square
Randolph, Vermont
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1877
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Second Empire
Part of Depot Square Historic District (ID75000143 [4] )
Designated CPMay 29, 1975
Location
Randolph station (Vermont)

Randolph station is an Amtrak train station in Randolph, Vermont, United States. The only train that serves the station is the Vermonter , which operates between St. Albans, Vermont and Washington, D.C. [5] The former depot building contains a market and restaurant. On the other side of the tracks is the depot for a non-profit bus company, Tri-Valley Transit, [6] essentially creating an unofficial intermodal transportation center. [7] However, the schedules of the two systems are not aligned in any way.

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History

The station, circa 1915 C. V. R. R. Station, Randolph, Vt.jpg
The station, circa 1915

The Vermont Central Railroad was chartered to build a line along the Connecticut River to Lake Champlain, which was to include service to Randolph. The original station was not built until 1848, by which time the VCRR was acquired by the Central Vermont Railway. By the late-1870s (although signs on the depot suggest 1881), Central Vermont moved the original depot and built a new one, converting the VCRR station into a freight house. When Central Vermont was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1896, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway bought the railroad and the station out and kept it afloat throughout most of the 20th Century.

Both passenger and freight service ended in Randolph in 1966. A group of volunteers later restored the stations and the surrounding area, including converting the second station into a café and restaurant.

Randolph Station became a contributing property to the Depot Square Historic District since 1975. In the 1990s, local leaders began lobbying Amtrak to make Randolph a new railroad stop, even going so far as to rebuild the original VCRR freight depot into a bus depot for Randolph Stagecoach Transportation, now Tri-Valley Transit. Amtrak began using the station as a stop on the Vermonter in 1996.

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