Union Station
Frank B. Murray St. and Main St.
Opened 1926, replacing earlier station at same location
Number of station tracks: 8
Interlocked switches controlled from Signal Station 40
Departures-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 43 South Shore Express Albany 1:50 1:25 3 Albany 7:45 691 7:50 575 New York Berkshire Albany 10:30 41 Knickerbocker Albany 2:27 49 1:20 27 New England States Chicago 4:47 3:46 427 6:15 pm 33 New Eng. Wolverine Det.-Chicago 6:00 4:35 11 Southwestern Limited Albany 8:03 5:50 29 Niagara Albany 9:25 35 9:20 159 Buffalo Express Buffalo 10:40Arrivals-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 43 South Shore Express Boston 1:25 1:00 555 New York Express Boston 2:50 3 Boston 7:28 691 7:47 575 New York Berkshire Boston 10:20 551 Boston 12:27 601 11:00 41 Knickerbocker Boston 2:15 49 1:00 553 New York Express Boston 2:30 27 New England States Boston 4:40 3:46 427 6:15 pm 23 Boston 5:35 603 3:00 33 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 5:50 4:30 559 Boston-New York Exp. Boston 6:30 611 7:30 93 Boston 7:45 7:15 11 Southwestern Limited Boston 7:53 5:40 29 Niagara Boston 9:15 35 9:05 159 Buffalo Express Boston 10:32Departures-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 42 Boston Express Boston 4:05 52 3:55 556 New York-Boston Exp. Boston 4:35 20 Boston 5:40 46 Boston Special Boston 6:50 6:20 48 Boston 6:52 600 6:10 44 Boston 8:00 28 New England States Boston 8:17 7:00 428 9:54 am 98 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 8:50 8 9:20 6 Boston 11:00 9:55 10 Water Level Limited Boston 12:15 550 New York-Boston Exp. Boston 12:40 604 11:45 22 Lake Shore Limited Boston 2:25 1:00 554 New York-Boston Exp. Boston 3:30 3:15 30 Boston 4:35 40 North Shore Limited Boston 6:45 690 6:45 558 New York-Boston Exp. Boston 7:30 608 9:00 514 Boston 9:00Arrivals-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 42 Boston Express Buffalo 3:50 52 3:25 46 Boston Special Buffalo 6:40 6:10 44 Albany 7:47 28 New England States Chicago 8:10 7:00 428 9:54 am 98 New Eng. Wolverine Buffalo 8:43 8 9:05 6 Albany 10:47 9:15 10 Water Level Limited Albany 12:05 22 Lake Shore Limited Albany 2:15 12:50 40 North Shore Limited Albany 6:30 690 6:35 514 Albany 8:45Passenger service initially discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 733 Montrealer Montreal 12:55 12:07 703 White River J 7:00 705 Northampton 7:20 703 4:45 707 Northampton 8:00 8:45 73 Dartmouth White River J 9:35 5:25 709 Northampton 10:21 10:20 77 White Mountains Exp. Berlin NH 12:40 1:00 715 Greenfield 1:23 2:12 717 Ascutney White River J 3:40 4:15 719 Greenfield 5:10 5:12 721 Northampton 5:45 723 Northampton 6:35 79 Connecticut R. Exp. White River J 8:40 8:25 725 Northampton 9:05 729 Northampton 11:45Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 732 Washingtonian Montreal 4:53 4:35 704 Northampton 6:25 706 Northampton 7:30 7:20 78 Connecticut R. Exp. White River J 8:02 9:35 710 Northampton 8:45 8:24 720 Greenfield 10:15 714 Northampton 11:30 12:02 712 White River J 12:25 716 Northampton 1:45 1:35 72 White Mountains Exp. Berlin NH 4:15 4:00 724 Greenfield 5:23 74 Connecticut Yankee White River J 6:20 6:20 726 Northampton 7:22 718 8:45 730 Northampton 10:35 728 Overnighter White River J 11:10 11:25Passenger service discontinued in 1967.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 55 New York Express New York/GCT 3:30 2:15 169 Washingtonian Washington 5:04 5:00 67 Bankers New York/GCT 6:30 6:30 403 New Haven 7:18 7:21 69 Nathan Hale New York/GCT 7:45 7:43 71 New York/GCT 8:15 8:18 73 New Haven 9:45 6:51 75 New York/GCT 10:35 10:07 77 New Haven 11:40 12:16 51 New Haven 12:38 411 New Haven 1:55 53 New York Express New York/GCT 2:45 2:35 81 2:01 79 New York/GCT 3:40 3:35 85 White Mountains Exp. New York/GCT 4:35 83 4:15 415 New Haven 5:27 409 5:15 85 New York/GCT 6:35 6:10 59 Boston-New York Exp. New York/GCT 6:45 7:20 89 7:38 97 New Haven 9:00 9:05 99 New York/GCT 11:45 12:12Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 168 Montrealer Washington 12:43 11:50 56 New York-Boston Exp. New York/GCT 4:13 4:30 70 8:41 410 New Haven 6:37 7:00 412 New Haven 9:00 8:30 62 New York/GCT 9:55 66 New York/GCT 10:40 64 10:16 414 New Haven 11:06 50 New York-Boston Exp. New York/GCT 12:25 70 New York/GCT 1:05 66 12:40 68 New York/GCT 2:07 54 New York-Boston Exp. New York/GCT 3:20 3:56 422 Hartford 5:15 72 New York/GCT 5:40 76 5:30 80 5:36 78 New Haven 6:12 6:25 60 New York/GCT 6:46 58 New York-Boston Exp. New York/GCT 7:20 7:17 80 Connecticut R. Exp. New York/GCT 8:25 8:04 86 Nathan Hale New York/GCT 9:00 9:20 88 9:36 428 New Haven 9:28 430 New Haven 10:35 90 New York/GCT 11:34 94 11:28Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Springfield Massachusetts Union Station
Springfield Union Station (Wikipedia)
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The New York Central's Boston & Albany main line between was the main railroad through Springfield. Also serving Union Station was New Haven, with its main line south to Hartford New Haven and New York, and Boston & Maine, with its Connecticut River Line extending north into Vermont. Those two railroads connected at Signal Station 40, immediately west of the station.