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Meriden Transit Center - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°32′22″N 72°48′03″W / 41.5394°N 72.8008°W

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Meriden

The newly rebuilt Meriden station in December 2017

General information

Location

60 State Street, Meriden, Connecticut
United States

Coordinates

41°32′22″N 72°48′03″W / 41.5394°N 72.8008°W

Owned by

ConnDOT

Line(s)

New Haven–Springfield Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Bus stands

Connections

CT Transit: 215, 511, 561, 563, 564, 565, 566
Middletown Area Transit: M Link

Construction

Parking

Surface lot: 65 spaces
Garage: 225 spaces^[1]

Bicycle facilities

Racks

Accessible

Yes

Architect

Michael Baker International

Other information

Station code

Amtrak: MDN

History

Opened

December 3, 1838^[2]

Rebuilt

July 22, 1882^[2]
September 21, 1942^[3]
October 15, 1970–August 30, 1971^[4]^[5]
2014–2017

Passengers

FY 2023

20,701^[6] (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak		Following station
Wallingford toward Norfolk, Newport News or Roanoke		Northeast Regional	Berlin toward Springfield
Wallingford toward New Haven		Amtrak Hartford Line	Berlin toward Springfield
Wallingford toward New Haven		Valley Flyer	Berlin toward Greenfield
New Haven toward Washington, D.C.		Vermonter	Hartford toward St. Albans
Preceding station	CT Rail		Following station
Wallingford toward New Haven Union Station		Hartford Line	Berlin toward Springfield

Former services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
New Haven toward Washington, D.C.		Montrealer		Berlin toward Montreal
Wallingford toward Atlantic City		Atlantic City Express 1991–1995		Berlin toward Springfield

Location

Meriden Transit Center is a train station on the New Haven–Springfield Line located in Meriden, Connecticut. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Valley Flyer, and Vermonter, in addition to Hartford Line commuter rail service, consisting of Connecticut Department of Transportation and Amtrak trains. The station was rebuilt from 2014 to 2017 for the Hartford Line service, which began on June 16, 2018.^[7]

History

The Hartford and New Haven Railroad opened from New Haven to Meriden in December 1838, and to Hartford in December 1839.^[8] The initial station was "shed-like"; services were moved to Conklin's Hotel in 1840 and the Rodgers Building in 1842.^[9]

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad built a brick colonial revival station in 1942. The city demolished that station and built a one-story brick station in 1970 as part of a downtown revitalization program.^[9]

Reconstruction

The station was reconstructed for use by Hartford Line commuter service, which began operation on June 16, 2018.^[7] The new station, located on the site of the 1970-built station, has two accessible six car long, high-level side platforms connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge. It is not staffed, heated, or equipped with toilet facilities. It has 65 surface parking spaces, and 225 spaces reserved for Hartford Line customers in a nearby garage.^[1] Demolition of an adjacent building to make room for the parking lot began in October 2014.^[10]

The ticket office in the 1970-built station building was closed on March 4, 2016, and the station building itself closed for demolition on March 12.^[11] The old platform was replaced by a temporary boarding area on March 28, 2016.^[12] The frame of the new station was completed in July 2016.^[13] The rebuilt Meriden station opened on November 19, 2017, though final construction lasted until December 18.^[14]

The 1882-built station on a 1908 postcard
The 1970-built station in 2015
Temporary platform used in 2016–17
New station under construction in 2016

Connections

Meriden is served by bus routes on three local systems:

Connecticut Transit Meriden: 561, 563, 564, 565, 566
Connecticut Transit New Britain: 511
Connecticut Transit New Haven: 215M/215Mx
Middletown Area Transit: M-Link

References

^ ^a ^b "Gov. Malloy Celebrates Grand Opening of Hartford Line Station in Meriden, Reiterates Call to Stabilize Special Transportation Fund" (Press release). The Office of Governor Dannel M. Mall. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "New Haven Road Has Served City 104 Years". The Meriden Record. September 21, 1942. pp. 11, 13. Retrieved May 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "New Railroad Station Formally Opened Here Today". The Meriden Record. September 21, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved May 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Railroad Station Due for Wreckers". The Meriden Journal. October 14, 1970. p. 39. Retrieved May 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "No Relief is in Sight From Lowered RR Gates". The Morning Record. Meriden, Connecticut. August 28, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved May 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Connecticut" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Porter, Mikaela; Owens, David (June 17, 2018). "Thousands Take A Free Ride On Hartford Line's Inaugural Run". Retrieved June 17, 2018.
^ Karr, Ronald Dale (1995). The Rail Lines of Southern New England. Branch Line Press. pp. 74–78. ISBN 0942147022.
^ ^a ^b "Meriden, CT (MDN)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
^ Callahan, Molly (October 28, 2014). "Another downtown demo project begins in Meriden". Record Journal. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
^ "Meriden train station to close, temporary structure being built". My Record Journal. March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
^ "Temporary Boarding Platform to Open March 28 in Meriden: New Station to be Constructed as part of NHHS Rail Program" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. March 9, 2016.
^ Callahan, Molly (July 22, 2016). "Meriden train station on schedule to be complete by November". Meriden Record Journal. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
^ "Winter 2018 Newsletter" (PDF). NHHS Rail Program. January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.

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Stations

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Rolling stock

Current

Locomotives	GE P40DC EMD GP40-3H
Coaches	Mafersa
Multiple units	Kawasaki M8

Retired

Coaches	MBB-3

Infrastructure

New Haven–Springfield Line (Amtrak)
Northeast Corridor (Amtrak and CTDOT)

Affiliations

Connecticut Department of Transportation
Operators: Amtrak; TransitAmerica Services/Alternate Concepts

Italics indicate future stations

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