Nashua City Station Railroad History
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Windham Station

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  5. Windham Station

Snapshot in Time • Images & Artifacts

When the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad (M&L) was built in 1848 and 1849, it constructed a small station at the crossing of Depot Road. It was only a few years later when the Nashua & Rochester Railroad (N&R) was constructed in 1873, which crossed the M&L only a couple hundred feet south of the its station. The Nashua & Rochester Railroad constructed a new station a year later at the junction for a cost of $2,200 and the old station was moved away from the railroad tracks. The new station was called Windham Junction. On June 20, 1910, the Boston & Maine Railroad renamed the station to simply Windham.

The junction of the M&L and the N&R was protected by a ball signal. The position of two balls on a tall mast would indicate which rail line had the right of way at the junction. Interestingly enough, a train order signal was only used on the Nashua & Rochester side originally. Heading into the 1900s saw the addition of a train order board for the Manchester & Lawrence.

The last passenger train on the Nashua & Rochester line ran on March 3, 1934 with a gas-electric motorcar. Freight service had ceased on this portion of the line earlier in 1932. The tracks on that line were removed a year later in 1935. Despite the Manchester & Lawrence Branch was still seeing regular passenger service, the station was closed on September 14, 1935. A gas-electric car did a single round trip on the Manchester & Lawrence until July 10, 1953.

Both the original Manchester & Lawrence station and the Windham Junction station built by the Nashua & Rochester Railroad still exist. Since the M&L station was moved, it has been used as a private residence. The Windham Junction station was used by the railroad until ##. Both the passenger station and the freight house were used by the New Hampshire highway department and in more recent history they were used by the Town of Windham as their highway department. Activity has since returned to the junction, with the development of the popular Windham Rail Trail. In 2010 the passenger station and freight house were restored.

Dinsmore, Bradford R. "Windham Junction." In Windham. Charleston, SC. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. 57-68.
Hoisington, Richard A. "Windham... Change for Lawrence and Boston!" B&M Bulletin, Winter 1976-1977.
Hoisington, Richard A. "This Train Does Not Stop at Nutt's Pond." The New England States Limited, Spring 1978.

Snapshot in Time: Historical Service

Historical snapshots based on data from available timetables.

  • 1860
  • 1871
  • 1876
  • 1885
  • 1906
  • 1918
  • 1923
  • 1930
  • 1941
  • 1963
  • 1967
  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1860)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Concord, Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
Concord and Nashua, Manchester and Lawrence
Concord to Nashua, Manchester to Lawrence
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1871)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Concord Railroad Corporation
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
Manchester to Lawrence
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1876)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Worcester and Nashua Railroad Company
Nashua and Rochester Division
Nashua to Rochester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
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  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1885)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Concord Railroad Corporation
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
Manchester to Lawrence
Route Information
Rail Service
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad Company
Worcester and Rochester
Worcester to Rochester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1885)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Concord Railroad Corporation
Manchester and Lawrence Railroad
Manchester to Lawrence
Route Information
Rail Service
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad Company
Worcester and Rochester
Worcester to Rochester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1906)

Station Name

Windham Junction

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Western Division - Manchester and Lawrence Branch
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information
Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division - Main Line
Worcester to Portland
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1918)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
First Operating District, Portland Division - Manchester and Lawrence Branch
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information
Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
First Operating District, Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division - Main Line
Worcester to Portland
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1923)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
First Operating District, Portland Division - Manchester and Lawrence Branch
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information
Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
First Operating District, Worcester, Nashua and Portland Division - Main Line
Worcester to Portland
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1930)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Portland Division - Manchester and Lawrence Branch
South Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information
Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Portland Division - Nashua and Portland Terminal Limit
Nashua Union Station to Portland Terminal Limit
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1941)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Portland Division - Manchester and Lawrence Branch
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1963)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston Division - Lawrence and Manchester
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

  • Station Details
  • Routes Served
  • Departures
  • Arrivals

Station Details (as of 1967)

Station Name

Windham

Location

Windham, New Hampshire

Routes Served

Rail Service
Boston and Maine Corporation
Boston Division - Lawrence and Manchester
Lawrence to Manchester
Route Information

Departures

No departures recorded.

Arrivals

No arrivals recorded.

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