Claremont (Amtrak station)

Claremont (Amtrak station): This article is about the railroad station in Claremont, New Hampshire. For the railroad station in Claremont, California, see Claremont (Metrolink station).

Claremont

Station statistics

Address Plains Road and Maple Avenue
Claremont, NH 03743

Coordinates 43°22′09″N 72°22′40″W / 43.36911°N 72.37764°W / 43.36911; -72.37764Coordinates: 43°22′09″N 72°22′40″W / 43.36911°N 72.37764°W / 43.36911; -72.37764

Lines
Vermonter

Platforms 1

Tracks 2

Parking Yes

Bicycle facilities Yes; Bicycle Shop

Other information

Opened 1920

Code CLA

Owned by Claremont Cycle Depot

Traffic

Passengers (2010) 1,967^[1] 11%

Services

Preceding station Amtrak Following station

Bellows Falls

toward Washington, D.C.
Vermonter
Windsor-Mt. Ascutney

toward St. Albans

Claremont is a train station in Claremont, New Hampshire served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally opened in 1920 by the Boston and Maine Railroad as Claremont Junction.^[2] It not only has parking for bicycles, but actually doubles as a bicycle sales and repair shop called Claremont Cycle Depot.

On average, approximately five passengers boarded or detrained Amtrak services daily at Claremont in FY2010, making it the least-frequented of the four Amtrak stations in New Hampshire.^[1] The other three passenger rail stations are located in southeastern New Hampshire, on the popular Downeaster route from Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine.

References

^ ^a ^b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of New Hampshire" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NEWHAMPSHIRE10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6.

^ Existing Railroad Stations in Sullivan County, New Hampshire

External links

Amtrak – Stations – Claremont, NH

Claremont Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)

Claremont Cycle Depot

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