Rutland station

Rutland, VT
Rutland station in March 2013
General information
Location	25 Evelyn Street Rutland, Vermont United States
Coordinates	43°36′21″N 72°58′54″W
Owned by	City of Rutland
Line(s)	Vermont Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Unstaffed station with waiting room
Station code	Amtrak: RUD
History
Opened	December 2, 1996 (1996-12-02)
Rebuilt	1999
Passengers
FY 2023	10,624 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Middlebury toward Burlington Ethan Allen Express Reverses direction Castleton toward New York
Former services Preceding station Rutland Railroad Following station Center Rutland toward Rouses Point Main Line Alfrecha toward Bellows Falls North Clarendon toward North Bennington Proctor toward Montreal Green Mountain Flyer / Mount Royal Ludlow toward Boston Wallingford toward New York Preceding station Delaware and Hudson Railway Following station Center Rutland toward Eagle Bridge Eagle Bridge – Rutland Terminus Center Rutland toward Whitehall Whitehall – Rutland Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Ethan Allen Express Fair Haven toward New York
Location

Rutland station is a train station in Rutland, Vermont served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It is served by the single daily round trip of the Amtrak Ethan Allen Express. The station has a single low-level side platform, with a short high-level section for accessible level boarding.

History

The original Rutland depot, c. 1907

Rutland's first railway station was built near Merchants' Row in 1853–54 by the Rutland Railroad. In 1905-06 wings were added to the north and south of the depot. Passenger service west of Whitehall and Eagle Bridge ended on June 24, 1934. The building served the city of Rutland until New York City to Montreal passenger service ended in 1953 (the Rutland RR's Green Mountain Flyer and Mount Royal), and two years later it was demolished.

Amtrak service to Rutland commenced on December 2, 1996, with service provided to a temporary station platform. The station, which is located near the former Rutland Railroad yard on the western edge of downtown, opened in 1999. Designed by local firm NBF Architects, the station has walls of red brick that rise from a base of textured gray concrete block. To celebrate Rutland native Jim Jeffords, who represented Vermont in Congress, city leaders renamed the station the “James M. Jeffords Rail Passenger Welcome Center.”

From March 2020 to July 19, 2021, all Amtrak service in Vermont was suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ethan Allen Express truncated to Albany–Rensselaer station. The Ethan Allen Express was extended from Rutland to Burlington on July 29, 2022.

External links

Media related to Rutland station at Wikimedia Commons

• Rutland, VT – Amtrak
• Rutland, VT – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)