Location: Concord, New Hampshire

The grand brick building was actually the city's fourth station. Built in 1885 and designed by the legendary Bradford L. Gilbert, who also designed Grand Central Station (predecessor to today's Grand Central Terminal) in New York City. Concord was a busy stop on the railroad, as during 1906 the Boston & Maine Railroad had 32 passenger trains in and out of the station. Inside the railroad had a Concord Coach on display in the waiting room. The stagecoach is now owned by the New Hampshire Historical Society.

The grand terminal was torn down in 1959, making way for a shopping plaza and a smaller passenger station was built a year later of the standard "McGinnis Era" design. Similar stations were also in Manchester, Dover, and Lowell. After passenger service was discontinued to Concord in 1967, the station was converted to a bus station and cab stop.

Snapshot of Station Names and Routes Served

1871

Concord

Concord Railroad Corporation

Concord and Nashua

1879

Concord

Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad

Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad

1887

Concord

Concord Railroad Corporation

Concord Railroad

1906

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

Concord Division, Main Line

White Mountains Division, Main Line

Southern Division, Main Line

1918

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

First Operating District, Southern Division, Claremont Branch

Second Operating District, White Mountains Division, Main Line

First Operating District, Southern Division, Main Line

1923

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

First Operating District, Southern Division, Claremont Branch

Second Operating District, White Mountains Division, Main Line

First Operating District, Southern Division, Main Line

1930

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

Terminal and Southern Divisions, Boston and Concord

Southern Division, Claremont Branch

Southern Division, Concord and White River Junction

Southern Division, Concord and Wells River

1941

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

Terminal and New Hampshire Divisions, Boston and Concord

New Hampshire Division, Concord and White River Junction

New Hampshire Division, Concord and Wells River

New Hampshire Division, Claremont Branch

1945

Concord

Suncook Valley Railroad

Pittsfield and Concord

1963

Concord

Boston and Maine Railroad

Boston Division, Lowell and White River Junction

Boston Division, Concord and Meredith

1967

Concord

Boston and Maine Corporation

Boston Division, Concord and White River Junction

Boston Division, Concord and Lincoln

Boston Division, Lowell and Concord

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