page_title: Bellows Falls station
section_title: The second station
hierarchical_section_title: Bellows Falls station / History / The second station
caption_attribution_description: English: Early white border postcard of Bellows Falls station during a high flood, likely showing the 1927 floods
context_page_description: Bellows Falls station is an Amtrak intercity rail station located in the Bellows Falls village of Rockingham, Vermont, United States. The station is served by the single daily round trip of the Washington, D.C.–St. Albans Vermonter. It has a single side platform adjacent to the single track of the New England Central Railroad mainline.
  Three railroads—the Sullivan County Railroad, Cheshire Railroad, and Rutland and Burlington Railroad—were completed to Bellows Falls in 1849, followed by the Vermont Valley Railroad in 1851. This placed Bellows Falls at the junction of two major trunk lines: Boston–Burlington via Rutland and Fitchburg, and New York–Montreal via New Haven and White River Junction. A two-story brick station was constructed in 1851 at the junction of the four railroads. After a number of mergers and leases over the next half-century, service was consolidated into three major railroads by 1900. The Boston and Maine Railroad and Central Vermont ran north–south service through Bellows Falls, while the B&M and Rutland Railroad collaborated on east–west traffic on the Boston–Montreal route via Bellows Falls.
context_section_description: On December 21, 1921, much of the station was destroyed by a fire that began in the station's kitchen. It was replaced in 1922-23 with a one-story brick building on the same site. Construction was handled by H. Wales Lines of Meriden, Connecticut. The rectangular building has three polygonal pavilions - one each on the sides facing the tracks, and a larger seven-sided one facing the junction - to provide additional interior space. The larger pavilion, with its panoramic view of the Connecticut River, housed a newsstand and restaurant; the pavilion facing the CV/B&M line houses the agent's office. A canopy wrapped around the station building and onto the REA building. The new building opened on March 10, 1923. The Great Vermont Flood of 1927 left the station under 4 feet (1.2 m) of water.
  All passenger service on the Rutland Railroad - including the Boston sections of the Green Mountain Flyer and Mount Royal via Bellows Falls - ended on June 26, 1953. (Freight service on the Rutland Railroad ceased in 1961; three years later, the Green Mountain Railroad took over the Rutland–Bellows Falls line.) The B&M discontinued passenger service on the Cheshire on May 18, 1958 - part of massive service cuts that day. Passenger service to Bellows Falls ended on September 6, 1966, when the Montrealer was cut. The canopy was soon removed.
caption: The REA office during the 1927 floods
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