Union Station (Chatham, New York)

Chatham
Union Station in April 2009
General information
Location	99 Depot Square, Chatham, New York
Owned by	Town of Chatham
Line(s)	New York and Harlem Railroad, Boston and Albany Railroad, Rutland Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
History
Opened	1887
Closed	March 20, 1972 (passengers)[1] March 1976 (freight)
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Niverville toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Pittsfield toward Boston Chatham Corner toward Albany East Chatham toward Boston Ghent toward New York Harlem Division Terminus Payn's toward Hudson Hudson Branch Preceding station Rutland Railroad Following station Terminus Chatham Branch Old Chatham toward Bennington
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	99 Depot Square Chatham, New York
Coordinates	42°21′43″N 73°35′49″W / 42.36194°N 73.59694°W / 42.36194; -73.59694
Architect	Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge[2]
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	74001225
Added to NRHP	May 1, 1974[2]

Union Station served the residents of Chatham, New York, from 1887 to 1972 as a passenger station and until 1976 as a freight station. It was the final stop for Harlem Line trains. It had originally served trains of the Boston and Albany Railroad, then the New York Central Railroad and the Rutland Railway. It served as a junction for service that radiated to Rensselaer, New York, to the northwest; Hudson, New York, to the southwest; Vermont, to the northeast, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts to the east and New York City, to the south.

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and currently serves as a branch office of the National Union Bank of Kinderhook. Though it no longer serves as a train station, the rail line alongside it is still a very active mainline for CSX freight rail between Selkirk Yard, south of Albany, and Worcester, Massachusetts.