Wallingford, Connecticut was included on the rail line between New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut (36 miles) when the Hartford and New Haven Railroad was built in 1838. The old station (see photos) was built in 1871, one year before the Hartford & New Haven Railroad and the New York & New Haven Railroad merged to become the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in 1872. The NYNH&HRR lasted 96 years and in its early years was known as “The Consolidated” in Connecticut. The old station is no longer in use. Trains of CTRail and Amtrak now stop at a new station about 1900 feet north of the sidewalk on which I was standing when I recorded the video of Amtrak 470 (New Haven, CT to Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA) as it slowed for its station stop in Wallingford at 10:24 AM, Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
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