| Albany – Rensselaer Amtrak station |
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View of station from the parking deck |
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| Address | 525 East Street Rensselaer, NY 12144 |
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| Connections | CDTA: 214 Megabus.com: M27 |
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; paid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baggage check | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Code | ALB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Capital District Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 769,626[1] 4.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Albany – Rensselaer Rail Station is a long-distance rail terminal in Rensselaer, New York, located 1.5 miles from downtown Albany across the Hudson River. As of 2007[update], the station was Amtrak's tenth-busiest station[2] and by 2010 it had become the ninth-busiest.[3] It is served by many of Amtrak's northeastern routes outside of the Northeast Corridor, including the Lake Shore Limited, whose Boston and New York branches meet at the station.
Operated by the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), the current structure was completed in September 2002 and opened on 22 September.[4] It features a Coffee Beanery coffeeshop, a newsstand, and a post office. It was designed by the Schenectady architecture firm Stracher Roth Gilmore, with Ryan-Biggs of Troy providing structural engineering, and Erdman Anthony of Troy providing facilities engineering.
The intermodal station replaced two previous terminal buildings, one built in 1968 and the other in 1980.[3] The 1968 building, which is riddled with asbestos, has since been torn down to make more room for the station's parking facility, just before the entrance to the parking garage. Before 1968, trains stopped at Union Station in Albany itself. That building, located on Broadway, now houses the northeast headquarters of Bank of America (via predecessors Fleet Bank and Norstar Bank). The New York Central Railroad had plans to leave Albany, in part because Interstate 787 needed the space occupied by a rail yard, but the move took place under Penn Central's watch.
Today's station was built with three tracks (a fourth was planned, but eliminated due to cost) and the station has had fewer than preferable tracks since.[4] In October 2008, it was announced that a fourth track would be built after the two previous terminal buildings were demolished; a contract for that work was assigned at the same time.[4] Design work was proceeding on the fourth track as of February 2010, but actual construction was placed on hold pending resolution of funding issues and demolition of the two terminal buildings to the north.[4] On 27 October 2010, demolition of the two other buildings began.[3]
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With the exception of the Boston branch of the Lake Shore Limited, all trains have southbound service to Penn Station in New York City.
The intercity Megabus operates regular service to New York City and Ridgewood, N.J.
One bus route operated by the Capital District Transportation Authority, the local public transportation agency, serves the station:
Rental cars and taxis are also available at the station.
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