Rochester (Amtrak station)

Rochester
An eastbound Empire Service pulling into Rochester
Station statistics
Address	320 Central Avenue Rochester, NY 14605
Coordinates	43°09′49″N 77°36′30″W / 43.1635°N 77.6082°W / 43.1635; -77.6082Coordinates: 43°09′49″N 77°36′30″W / 43.1635°N 77.6082°W / 43.1635; -77.6082
Line(s)	Empire Service   Lake Shore Limited   Maple Leaf
Platforms	1 side platform (formerly also had 3 island platforms)
Tracks	2 (formerly 8)
Parking	Yes; free
Baggage check	Yes
Other information
Opened	1978
Accessible
Station code	ROC
Owned by	Amtrak
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	141,576[1]  2.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Buffalo–Depew toward Niagara Falls, NY Empire Service Syracuse toward New York City Buffalo–Depew toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Syracuse toward New York City or Boston South Station Buffalo-Depew toward Toronto Maple Leaf Syracuse toward New York City     Former services     New York Central Railroad Cold Water toward Chicago Water Level Route East Rochester toward New York City Otis toward Niagara Falls Niagara Falls – Rochester Terminus Elmgrove toward Niagara Falls Falls Road Terminus Rochester – Oswego Otis toward Oswego Auburn Road Brighton toward Syracuse

Rochester is a station on the Empire Service Amtrak line, located in Rochester, New York.

All trains use the platform adjacent to the station building, meaning both eastbound and westbound trains must switch to the southern track. This can cause conflicts with other passenger and freight trains and lead to delays.

The station does not have high-level platforms, meaning passengers must climb several steps to board trains.

The station was originally built in 1978^[2] and stands on the site of the 1914 New York Central station designed by Claude Fayette Bragdon. Only the passenger and baggage tunnels of the original 1914 building remain.

The City of Rochester, State of New York, and Amtrak have allocated funding to construct a new multimodal transit center on the site by 2016. The project has been allocated $26.5 million for construction, which will break ground on August 2, 2013.^[3] The new station will be designed to look like the original 1914 station and will be updated with raised platforms.^[4]

Service

The following trains stop at Rochester multiple times each day, for a total of eight daily departures:

• Empire Service
• Lake Shore Limited
• Maple Leaf

Notable places nearby

• Highland Park
• Letchworth State Park

Immigration Checkpoint

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents^[5] board the trains at Rochester and inquire of the passengers their citizenship and right to be in the US. Those passengers who cannot suitably prove their right to be in the US will be removed from the train and taken into custody. Although the law is that these encounters are "consensual conversations^[6]" and that you can tell the agent you do not wish to talk to him or to answer any questions, the more aggressive agents will take this refusal to be "probable cause^[7]" for removal from the train and detention, no matter your citizenship and/or immigration status.

References

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Rochester, NY
• New York Central Railroad Station, Rochester
• Rochester Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)
• Intermodal Transportation Center Project
• Intermodel Transportation Center DOT Project