Union Station (Northampton, Massachusetts)

Northampton, MA
The historic Union Station building in the background with the current station platform in the foreground
The historic Union Station building and current station platform
General information
Location125A Pleasant Street
Northampton, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates42°19′8.3″N 72°37′36.3″W / 42.318972°N 72.626750°W / 42.318972; -72.626750
Owned byMassDOT (current station)[1]
Harmonic Rock Realty LLC (original building)
Line(s)Connecticut River Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Train operatorsAmtrak
ConnectionsPioneer Valley Transit Authority: 39E, B43, B48, G73E, R41, R42, R44
Construction
ParkingShort-term parking
Bicycle facilitiesBike share (ValleyBike Share)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: NHT
Websitewww.amtrak.com/stations/nht
History
Opened1897 (1897) (original station)
December 29, 2014 (2014-12-29) (new platform)
Passengers
FY 202227,801[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Holyoke
toward New Haven
Valley Flyer Greenfield
Terminus
Holyoke Vermonter Greenfield
toward St. Albans
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Springfield Montrealer
1972–1987
Brattleboro
toward Montreal
Preceding station Boston and Maine Railroad Following station
Terminus Central Mass Branch Hadley
toward Boston
Mount Tom Springfield - White River Junction Hatfield
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Easthampton
toward New Haven
Canal Line Whately
Florence Williamsburgh Branch Terminus

Union Station is a historic building in Northampton, Massachusetts, that served as a train station from 1897 until 1987. Built at the close of the nineteenth century, the structure incorporates many features of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. The buff brick masses of the station are trimmed with red Longmeadow brownstone and hooded by red tile roofs. Steep dormers protrude from the roofline. The interior once featured Italian marble floors, oak woodwork, and a large fireplace.[3]

The building, which is privately owned, was converted in 2013 into a 200-seat banquet facility, a sports bar, and a facility known as the Tunnel Bar that runs underneath the building.[4]

On December 29, 2014, Amtrak's Vermonter began stopping at a new passenger rail boarding platform located just to the south of the Union Station building.[5] A pilot program added two daily round trips of the Valley Flyer in August 2019.

  1. ^ "Holyoke, MA (HLK)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ C. Dubie (April 15, 1975). Northampton, Union Station, Form B - Building (Report). Massachusetts Historical Commission.
  4. ^ Cain, Chad (November 17, 2013). "Union Station in Northampton to become banquet facility, sports bar; Tunnel Bar and The Deck to stay". Gazette Net. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  5. ^ Contrada, Fred (December 29, 2014). "First passenger train in a generation stops at Northampton as new Amtrak service begins". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-12-29.

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