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The Union Station building is located at 1 Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. The building, which is no longer used as a railroad station, is owned by Main Street Landing Company, and houses offices and art studios. The Vermont Rail System operates infrequent passenger excursion trains from the railroad platform behind the building. The nearest Amtrak station is Essex Junction. ==History and description== Burlington Union Station was built in 1916〔("Battery Street Historic District Designation Report" )〕 of buff brick, granite and limestone in the Classical Revival style.〔 The building was put up by the Central Vermont Railway and the Rutland Railroad at the cost of between $150 – $200,000, including $15,000 from the City Of Burlington, and was designed by New York architect Alfred Fellheimer with Charles Schultz as supervising architect. The W. Shelton Swallow Company of New York was the general contractor.〔 Between December 2000 and February 2003 the station was a terminus of the commuter rail route Champlain Flyer. The station no longer has commuter rail passenger service, however it does provide tourist rail service for the "Champlain Valley Flyer" branch of the Green Mountain Scenic Railroad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Union Station (Burlington, Vermont)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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