Bellows Falls station

Bellows Falls

The Bellows Falls station building.
Location 54 Depot Street
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Coordinates 43°08′12″N 72°26′39″W / 43.136549°N 72.444260°W / 43.136549; -72.444260Coordinates: 43°08′12″N 72°26′39″W / 43.136549°N 72.444260°W / 43.136549; -72.444260
Line(s) New England Central Railroad
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Green Mountain Railroad
Other information
Station code BLF
History
Opened 1923
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016) 4,543[1] Decrease 6.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Vermonter
toward St. Albans

Bellows Falls is an Amtrak intercity train station in Bellows Falls, Vermont. The station also serves the headquarters of the Green Mountain Scenic Railroad, and provides tourist excursions to Chester Depot, Ludlow, Summit, and Rutland.

Greyhound, the national intercity bus service, also serves Bellows Falls from this station.[2] Local bus service to and from the train station is also provided by the Current's Bellows Falls-Rutland Connector (route 57), linking to Ludlow's Okemo Mountain Resort.[3]

The previous station in Bellows Falls, circa 1915

The current station, which is known as the Boston and Maine (B&M) depot for one of the railroads that used it, was constructed in 1923 when its predecessor was extensively damaged in a 1922 fire. In the past the station served Boston and Maine Railroad, Central Vermont Railway and Rutland Railroad trains.[4]

A scene of the 1999 movie The Cider House Rules was filmed there.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2016, State of Vermont" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2016.
  2. ↑ Bellows Falls, VT, Greyhound Lines. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. ↑ Bellows Falls to Rutland, Connecticut River Transit. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Bellows Falls, VT (BLF)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  5. ↑ Irving, John (1999). My Movie Business. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 121. ISBN 978-0345441300.


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