Union Station (Utica)

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Union Station
Station statistics
Address 321 Main St.
Utica, NY 13501
Lines
Empire Service
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf
Connections Adirondack Scenic Railroad, CENTRO of Oneida, Greyhound, Birnie Bus Services, Utica-Rome Bus Company, Adirondack Trailways, Chenango Valley Bus Company
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code UCA
Owned by Oneida County
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 47,767 ▲ 4%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Empire Service
toward New York
toward Toronto
 Maple Leaf
toward Chicago
 Lake Shore Limited

The Boehlert Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Utica, New York. It is owned by Oneida County, and named for retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford.

The station was built with the Italianate style. Inside is a restaurant and a barber shop, one of the few barber shops in a train station today. The 15,000 square-foot waiting room's 47-foot high vaulted ceiling is supported by 34 marble columns. The station's blueprints called for the importing of columns that originally adorned Grand Central Station in New York City. Eight large benches are heated with steam pipes and vents.

At one time, the waiting room also contained three ticket windows, an information office, 15 pay telephones, a Western Union office, two shoeshine stands, a bar and grill. The Western Union Office is no longer there.

There used to be a tunnel connecting the waiting room to the platforms. Today, the platforms are connected via an aerial walkway.

[edit] History

The station was built between 1912 and May of 1914, replacing an older structure dating from 1869. The building was designed by New York architects Stem and Fellheimer. Construction involved the rerouting of the Mohawk River. Built as a New York Central Railroad station, in 1915 it became tenated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad as well, those two companies abandoning their structures.

The station's restoration began in 1978, but refurbishing/restoration work continues to this day.

[edit] Service

The station sees multiple daily departures of the following trains:

A total of eight Amtrak trains use the station daily.

The Adirondack Scenic Railroad runs trains from here to Holland Patent, Remsen, and Old Forge on a seasonal basis.

Bus companies serving the station, one of the first intermodal facilities in the state, include the following:

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