They took the last train to Boston

by Bob Orsillo

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They took the last train to Boston

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Bob Orsillo

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Photograph - Original Fine Art Photography By Bob Orsillo

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They took the last train to Boston - Original fine art urban industrial train night photography by Bob Orsillo.

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If you ever visited UNH after all the trains are gone and main station is closed you know this scene.

The railroad station in Durham, New Hampshire, serves the Amtrak Downeaster and is situated west of downtown Durham on the campus of the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The station was originally built in 1896 in Lynn, Massachusetts as the East Lynn depot, and was moved to the present site in Durham in 1912 when the Boston and Maine Railroad moved its tracks further from the center of campus. The track realignment was influenced by a 1905 train accident on campus. Passenger train service run by the Boston and Maine was ended in Durham in 1958, and regular service returned with the opening of the Downeaster in December 2001. The station is owned by the university, but an adjacent parking area is managed by the town of Durham.

The station was recently renovated by the university with funding assistance from the United States Department of Transportation. It opened, featuring an upgraded Dairy Bar, a restaurant operated by UNH Hospitality Services, on August 11, 2008. The restaurant is open 6:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. weekends. A climate controlled vestibule which houses the Amtrak Quik-Trak ticketing machine is open 5:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily.
The campus location is very convenient for students and Durham residents, who comprise most of the riders, but the lack of parking available to the general public means most commuters drive to and park at Dover or Exeter, the stations north and south respectively of Durham.

The University operates both a free on-campus bus shuttle service, Campus Connector Shuttle, and Wildcat Transit, an off-campus service, serving the cities and towns of Dover, Lee, Madbury, Newmarket, Newington, and Portsmouth. The bus services operate year round but scale back outside of the academic year. Intercity bus service to Boston also now uses rail station site. There is a Wildcat Transit and UNH Campus Connector bus stop approximately 1,000 feet from the platform on Main Street.

On average, about 150 rail passengers board or detrain daily at Durham, making it the third-busiest Amtrak stop in New Hampshire.

The station is located within walking distance of downtown, the core UNH campus, the Whittemore Center Arena and the New England Center.

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