Lancaster (Amtrak station)

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Lancaster

Station statistics

Address

53 East McGovern Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602

Lines

Keystone Service

Pennsylvanian

Connections

Capitol Trailways
Red Rose Transit Authority

Platforms

2 (high platform)

Tracks

Other information

Opened

1929

Accessible

Code

LNC

Owned by

Amtrak

Traffic

Passengers (2007)

420,524 ▲ 14%

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak		Following station
Mount Joy toward Harrisburg		Keystone Service		Parkesburg toward New York
Elizabethtown toward Pittsburgh		Pennsylvanian		Paoli toward New York

Lancaster Station
(U.S. Registered Historic District Contributing Property)
Lancaster Station East Platform
Location:	Lancaster, PA
Built/Founded:	1929
Added to NRHP:	May 11, 1989
NRHP Reference#:	#01000956
MPS:	Lancaster City Historic District

Lancaster Train Station is an Amtrak rail station and intercity bus facility located at 53 McGovern Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is located at the north end of the city, roughly a mile from downtown Lancaster.

The station building was constructed in 1929 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Currently owned by Amtrak, the station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lancaster City Historic District. Composed mostly of brick, the station's main entrance features concrete columns and large, rounded windows, giving the station a stately appearance. On the inside, it contains standard amenities such as restrooms and seating areas in the second floor waiting area. It also has a small snack bar that is open weekdays during high passenger volume periods.

Lancaster Train Station is served by all Amtrak Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains. As of April 2007, there are 14 weekday and 8 weekend trains that stop daily in each direction at the station. Primary cities served on Amtrak to and from Lancaster include Philadelphia, Trenton, and New York to the east and Harrisburg, Altoona (Pennsylvanian only), and Pittsburgh (Pennsylvanian only) to the west. Both staffed and Quik-Trak machine ticket service are available for all departures. In Federal Fiscal Year 2007, Lancaster Train Station was the third busiest Amtrak station in Pennsylvania and 24th busiest in the United States, ranking slightly behind the Harrisburg Transportation Center in both categories (the HTC ranks 2nd and 21st respectively)[1].

There is also an intercity bus operator, Capitol Trailways, that provides service to the station. Capitol Trailways connects Lancaster to York and Harrisburg to the west and to Ephrata, King of Prussia, Willow Grove, and New York to the east, as well as many cities and towns beyond those listed via transfers.

Finally, the local public transit operator in the Lancaster area, Red Rose Transit Authority, has one metro area bus (Route 3) that stops at the station and a few county-wide buses operating north of Lancaster city that stop close to the station. Red Rose Transit also provides shuttle service (Red Rose Trolley) to downtown Lancaster.