Worcester, MA: Union Station: B&A, NYNH&H and B&M

(3D Satellite)

B&A = Boston & Albany

NYNH&H = New York, New Haven & Hartford

B&M = Boston & Maine

It is now used by MBTA and Amtrak.

"Built for the Boston and Albany Railroad, the station features soaring twin white marble towers. Following a period of decline, the building was restored and unveiled with a gala ball in 1999." [amtrak]

Street View, Sep 2011

Denis posted
Union Station in Worcester, Massachusetts, around the 1910s and 2016. It looks essentially the same in both photos, thanks to a major restoration project that was completed in 2000. The original towers were removed in 1926, and the station closed in 1972 and sat vacant for over 35 years. Following the restoration project, it is again in use as a train station.

Marty Bernard posted six photos with the comment:

The Worcester, Mass. Historic Union Station

If you are ever near Worcester, Mass., visiting the MBTA/Amtrak Station is a must.  No excuses.  Or ride a train there. 

Captions with photos

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1. Inside the Worcester Depot in 1996. Source: Worcester Union Station The Monument and the Memories, by Idamay Michaud Aesenault.

Randy Becker commented on Photo 1
in 1966

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2. The station layout.

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3 and 4. Inside the MBTA/Amtrak Worcester Depot on August 1, 2012.

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3 and 4. Inside the MBTA/Amtrak Worcester Depot on August 1, 2012.

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5. NYC 4040 (E8A) with PC Train 405, a Boston - Albany train. at the Worcester, MA station on September 15, 1968. Roger Puta photo
Randy Becker: Rode that so many times between Boston and Albany - westbound connection to #39, eastbound connection from #90. Had been an RDC, then discontinued, then reinstated by ICC, so to pad the losses this insane train ... that single coach would cycle back and forth for weeks without any maintenance (often rode it without light and water) but a three person crew. Acceleration was awesome however.

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6. MBTA F40PH 1051 and train at Worcester Union Station on August 1, 2012.
Jerry Fritschle: A couple of years ago my wife and I came in here on the Lake Shore to visit the kids. We also took MBTA from here to see the sights in Boston.

1948 Worcester North & South Quads @ 24,000

Don Bullens, Jul 2008

Many of the photos showed the waiting room as being empty. Some showed it filled with tables and chairs. And some, like this one, show some sort of market being held in the "event space."

Javier Ayala, Dec 2019