Union Station (Chatham, New York)

Chatham
Union Station in April 2009
General information
Location99 Depot Square, Chatham, New York
Owned byTown of Chatham
Line(s)New York and Harlem Railroad, Boston and Albany Railroad, Rutland Railroad
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
Opened1887
ClosedMarch 20, 1972 (passengers)[1]
March 1976 (freight)
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Niverville
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Pittsfield
toward Boston
Chatham Corner
toward Albany
East Chatham
toward Boston
Ghent
toward New York
Harlem Division Terminus
Payn's
toward Hudson
Hudson Branch
Preceding station Rutland Railroad Following station
Terminus Chatham Branch Old Chatham
toward Bennington
Union Station
Map
Location99 Depot Square
Chatham, New York
Coordinates42°21′43″N 73°35′49″W / 42.36194°N 73.59694°W / 42.36194; -73.59694
ArchitectShepley, Rutan and Coolidge[2]
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.74001225
Added to NRHPMay 1, 1974[2]

Union Station served the residents of Chatham, New York, from 1887 to 1972 as a passenger station and until 1976 as a freight station. It was the final stop for Harlem Line trains. It had originally served trains of the Boston and Albany Railroad, then the New York Central Railroad and the Rutland Railway. It served as a junction for service that radiated to Rensselaer, New York, to the northwest; Hudson, New York, to the southwest; Vermont, to the northeast, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts to the east and New York City, to the south.

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and currently serves as a branch office of the National Union Bank of Kinderhook. Though it no longer serves as a train station, the rail line alongside it is still a very active mainline for CSX freight rail between Selkirk Yard, south of Albany, and Worcester, Massachusetts.

  1. ^ Layton, Preston (March 21, 1972). "PC Ends Run, Strands Riders". New York Daily News. p. 22. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference columbia_county was invoked but never defined (see the help page).