Location: Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester's original passenger station was built in 1855 and was located on the north side of Granite Street. At that time, Depot Street was located where the Center of New Hampshire now stands. The Boston & Maine Railroad took to constructing a new Union Station in Manchester, which opened in March of 1898 on the south side of Granite Street. The Manchester Street Railway later had a waiting room built at the end of one of the platforms in 1908. The two stations stood side by side for a short time before the old station was demolished, making way for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's company playground.

Sadly, Manchester's Union Station was torn down in the fall of 1962. Like Concord and other cities across the Boston & Maine system, Manchester's replacement depot was in the form of the utilitarian "McGinnis era" station.

Snapshot of Station Names and Routes Served

1871

Manchester

Concord Railroad Corporation

Concord and Nashua

Manchester and Lawrence Railroad

Portsmouth Railroad

Manchester and North Weare Railroad

1887

Manchester

Concord Railroad Corporation

Concord Railroad

Concord and Portsmouth Railroad

Manchester and North Weare Railroad

1906

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

Western Division, Manchester and Lawrence Branch

Southern Division, Portsmouth Branch

Southern Division, North Weare Branch

Southern Division, Main Line

1918

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

First Operating District, Portland Division, Manchester and Lawrence Branch

First Operating District, Southern Division, Portsmouth Branch

First Operating District, Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division, North Weare Branch

First Operating District, Southern Division, Main Line

1923

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

First Operating District, Southern Division, Portsmouth Branch

First Operating District, Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division, North Weare Branch

First Operating District, Southern Division, Main Line

First Operating District, Portland Division, Manchester and Lawrence Branch

1930

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

Southern Division, North Weare Branch

Terminal and Southern Divisions, Boston and Concord

Portland Division, Manchester and Lawrence Branch

Portland Division, Portsmouth Branch

1941

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

Terminal and New Hampshire Divisions, Boston and Concord

Portland Division, Manchester and Lawrence Branch

Portland Division, Portsmouth Branch

New Hampshire Division, North Weare Branch

1963

Manchester

Boston and Maine Railroad

Boston Division, Lowell and White River Junction

Boston Division, Lawrence and Manchester

Boston Division, Emery and Manchester

Boston Division, Manchester and Goffstown

1967

Manchester

Boston and Maine Corporation

Boston Division, Emery and Manchester

Boston Division, Lawrence and Manchester

Boston Division, Lowell and Concord

Boston Division, Manchester and Goffstown

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