passenger rail service in the United States in 1971, began operation of the overnight Montrealer on September 30, 1972. Brattleboro was a stop for the Montrealer from its inception, though a ticket office and waiting room did not open in the lower level of the Union Station building until 1973. Union Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Montealer was suspended from 1987 to 1989, then replaced by the daytime Vermonter in 1995. A two-phase project planned in the late 1990s was to include a new train station; the first-phase garage and bus station opened downtown in 2003, but the second-phase station was not built. New station plans Amtrak and the town announced plans in 2020 to build an accessible full-length high-level platform – the first such platform in the state. Construction on the $4.5 million project is planned to start in early 2022, with completion in 2023. A $366,000 expansion of the parking area, which involves demolition of the nearby Archery Building, is planned to be complete in late 2021 ahead of the station project. The Archery Building, a small wooden structure across the tracks from the station building, may have originally been a freight house or railroad office; contrary to local claims, it was not the original passenger station. The building is leased to the museum by the town for $1 per year. Because it does not own the structure, the museum is not able to raise money to repair the building. In 2018, the museum requested that the town sell the building to the museum to allow fundraising. In October 2021, the town proposed to transfer ownership of the station building to the museum for $1, contingent on Amtrak vacating its portion by mid-2024. The new station will include artwork from the Brattleboro Words Project. References Further reading External links Brattleboro Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web) Brattleboro Museum and Art Center Amtrak stations in Vermont Buildings and structures in Brattleboro, Vermont Transportation buildings and structures in Windham County, Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Vermont Stations along Boston and Maine Railroad lines Former Central Vermont Railway stations Brattleboro, Vermont Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915 Railway stations closed in 1966 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1972 Railway stations