[6] The 1852 depot was replaced in 1905-06 by a station building similar to Mystic, no longer extant, located on the south side of the tracks.

[6] The new station was locally popular, with the Hartford Courant calling it a "beauty" versus the "barnlike" original.

The once-daily Clamdigger and Beacon Hill which continued to serve the route until 1981 did not stop at Westbrook due to its relatively small population and proximity to Old Saybrook.

In 2001, when the Acela Express began service, a safety precaution went into effect that disallowed passengers from crossing the tracks.

[8] The original 1990 Shore Line East stations were built before the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed and had low-level platforms that were not handicapped accessible.

The swap, in which the state traded a parcel of land on Route 145 for the town's garage site off Norris Avenue (which became part of the expanded parking lot), was begun in 2004 and mostly agreed to in late 2005, but was not finalized until 2006 when the state agreed to pay $1.5 million for the town to build a new garage on the Route 145 site.

[10][11] After demolition work over the next several months, the new parking lot was graded in June 2012 and a temporary platform was constructed west of the old one.