Amherst
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 Amherst Massachusetts Amtrak Station. |
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| Address | 13 Railroad Street Amherst, MA 01002 |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′30″N 72°30′41″W / 42.375°N 72.51139°WCoordinates: 42°22′30″N 72°30′41″W / 42.375°N 72.51139°W | |||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||
| Parking | free | |||||||||
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| Opened | 1853 | |||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | |||||||||
| Code | AMM | |||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 14,600[1]  7.5% |
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Amherst is an Amtrak station in Amherst, Massachusetts on the Vermonter. It is located at 13 Railroad Street, off Main Street. The station was originally built in 1853 by the Central Vermont Railroad and was restored in 1992.[2] The station building shares space with Amherst Pilates, a fitness studio.
Of the eleven Amtrak stations in Massachusetts, Amherst was the eighth busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 40 passengers daily.[1] A potential realignment of the Vermonter route may end rail service to Amherst, stopping, instead, on the other side of the Connecticut River in the cities of Holyoke, Northampton and Greenfield.
Notable places nearby
The station is close to Amherst College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
References
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MASSACHUSETTS10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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