Meriden is a train station on the New Haven-Springfield Line located at 60 State Street in Meriden, Connecticut. It is served by Amtrak's, and. The station is being reconstructed for Hartford Line service; a temporary platform is in use until May 2017 during construction.HistoryThe Hartford and New Haven Railroad opened from New Haven to Meriden in December 1838, and to Hartford in December 1839. The initial station was "shed-like"; services were moved to Conklin's Hotel in 1840 and the Rodgers Building in 1842.The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad built a brick colonial revival station in 1942. The city demolished that station and built a one-story brick station in 1970 as part of a downtown revitalization program.ReconstructionThe station is being reconstructed for use by Hartford Line commuter service, scheduled to begin operation in May 2018. The new station, located on the site of the 1970-built station, will have two high-level platforms connected by an overhead pedestrian bridge. It will not be staffed, heated, or equipped with toilet facilities. Demolition of an adjacent building to make room for the parking lot began in October 2014.The ticket office in the 1970-built station building was closed on March 4, 2016, and the station building itself closed for demolition on March 12. The old platform was replaced by a temporary boarding area on March 28, 2016. The frame of the new station was completed by July 2016. The rebuilt Meriden and Wallingford stations are expected to be completed in late 2017, followed by Berlin in early 2018, though they will only serve existing Amtrak service until Hartford Line commuter service begins in May 2018.
