Springfield Union Station (Massachusetts)
Springfield Union Station is an Amtrak train station in Springfield, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1926, as of 2010, Springfield Union Station was the fifth busiest Amtrak station in Massachusetts, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 360 passengers daily. Each of the top four busiest stations was in Boston; however, Springfield's Amtrak station (at number five) featured nearly 5 times the amount of rail traffic of Massachusetts' number six Amtrak station at Haverhill.
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