Rockland station

Rockland
Rockland Station, ca. 1910
General information
LocationUnion Street and Pleasant Street,
Rockland, Maine
Line(s)Rockland Branch
Platforms1 Side platform
Tracks1
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened1917
Former services
Preceding station Maine Central Railroad Following station
Thomaston
toward Brunswick
Rockland Branch Terminus
Preceding station Maine Eastern Railroad Following station
Newcastle
toward Brunswick
Rockland Branch Terminus
Rockland Railroad Station
The station in 2018
Rockland station is located in Maine
Rockland station
Rockland station is located in the United States
Rockland station
LocationRockland, Maine, USA
Coordinates44°6′3″N 69°6′41″W / 44.10083°N 69.11139°W / 44.10083; -69.11139
Area1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built1917 (1917)
ArchitectCoolidge and Shattuck for Maine Central Railroad[2]
NRHP reference No.78000327[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 7, 1978

Rockland station is a railway station located at Union and Pleasant Streets in Rockland, Maine. It is the eastern terminus of the Rockland Branch, a state-owned track connecting Rockland and Brunswick. The historic station building was built in 1917 by the Maine Central Railroad, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Rockland Railroad Station. It presently houses a restaurant, and served for a time as Rockland's city hall. The line is presently inactive, having most recently had seasonal passenger service from 2004 to 2015 operated by the now-defunct Maine Eastern Railroad. The line would then be leased to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway (CMQ) from 2015 to 2020, then to Canadian Pacific Railway following its purchase of CMQ in 2020.[3] CMQ originally planned to reintroduce service on the line, but not with excursions.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 81. ISBN 978-0471143895.
  3. ^ "Canadian Pacific Acquires Central Maine & Quebec Railway". Transport Topics. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-06-10.