Holyoke station

Holyoke, MA
The southbound Vermonter at Holyoke in August 2018
The southbound Vermonter at Holyoke in August 2018
General information
Location74 Main Street
Holyoke, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates42°12′15″N 72°36′10″W / 42.204263°N 72.60287°W / 42.204263; -72.60287
Owned byCity of Holyoke[1]
Line(s)Connecticut River Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operatorsAmtrak
ConnectionsBus transport Pioneer Valley Transit Authority: R24, R29, T24, X90
Construction
Parking25 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMichael Baker International[1]
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: HLK
History
Opened1845 (1845) (original station)
August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) (new platform)[2][3]
Closed1966 (1966)
Rebuilt1885
Passengers
FY 20222,423[4] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Springfield
toward New Haven
Valley Flyer Northampton
toward Greenfield
Springfield Vermonter Northampton
toward St. Albans
Location
Map

Holyoke station is an Amtrak intercity train station near the corner of Main and Dwight streets in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. The station opened on August 27, 2015, eight months after Amtrak's Vermonter service was re-routed to the Connecticut River Line through the Pioneer Valley.

The first railroad station in Holyoke had opened in 1845, followed by the H.H. Richardson-designed Connecticut River Railroad Station in 1885. Though passenger service to Holyoke ended in 1966, the 1885 depot is still extant. The opening of the new station returned passenger rail service to Holyoke for the first time in 49 years, and to the Dwight and Main streets site for the first time in 130 years. A pilot program added two daily Amtrak Shuttle round trips in August 2019 under the Valley Flyer moniker.

  1. ^ a b "Holyoke, MA (HLK)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Kinney, Jim (August 20, 2015). "Opening date set for Holyoke Amtrak train station". MassLive. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Knowledge Corridor: New Holyoke Train Station Celebrated" (Press release). Massachusetts Department of Transportation. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search