Schenectady (Amtrak station)

Schenectady
Amtrak station

View west along platform, 2008
Station statistics
Address 332 Erie Boulevard
Schenectady, NY 12305
Lines
  Maple Leaf
  Adirondack
  Empire Service
  Ethan Allen Express
  Lake Shore Limited
Connections Capital District Transportation Authority
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Parking Yes; free
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1979
Accessible
Code SDY
Owned by CDTA
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 59,127[1]  5.3%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Montreal
 Adirondack
toward Rutland
 Ethan Allen Express
Empire Service
toward Toronto
 Maple Leaf
toward Chicago
 Lake Shore Limited

The Schenectady Amtrak station (SDY) is a train station in Schenectady, New York served by Amtrak. The station is built under the railroad tracks with an elevator and staircase leading to a railway platform between the two tracks. The station is a popular railfan site.

The station was built in 1979[2] (although some sources give the year as 1970[3]) on the site of the former Union Station. A replacement structure is planned to be built on the site of the existing station that would include both Amtrak and local transit service.[4] The Capital District Transportation Authority receivedUS $4.2 million grant for the construction of the planned structure in October 2010.[4]

Contents

Service

The following trains stop at the station more than once per day:

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ "Schenectady, NY (SDY)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SDY. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Schenectady, NY (SDY)". Great American Stations (Amtrak). http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/SDY. Retrieved 16 October 2010. 
  3. ^ "SCHENECTADY NEW YORK (SDY)". TrainWeb. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/schenectady.htm. Retrieved 16 October 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Schenectady Intermodal Station Project Funded". Great American Stations (Amtrak). http://www.greatamericanstations.com/station-news/schenectady-intermodal-station-project-funded. Retrieved 16 October 2010. 

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