Hudson (Amtrak station)

Hudson

Amtrak station

East elevation and south profile of station, 2008

Location

69 South Front Street
Hudson, NY 12534

Coordinates

Owned by

Amtrak (station house)
City of Hudson (parking lot)

Line(s)

Adirondack

Empire Service

Ethan Allen Express

Maple Leaf

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Parking

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

HUD

History

Opened

1874

Rebuilt

1992

Traffic

Passengers (2013)

174,968^[1]

4.6%

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak	Following station
Albany-Rensselaer toward Montreal		Adirondack	Rhinecliff-Kingston toward New York City
Albany-Rensselaer toward Niagara Falls, NY		Empire Service
Albany-Rensselaer toward Rutland		Ethan Allen Express
Albany-Rensselaer toward Toronto		Maple Leaf
	Former services
New York Central Railroad
Stockport toward Chicago		Water Level Route	Greendale toward New York City
Terminus		Hudson Branch	Hudson Upper toward Chatham

The Hudson Amtrak Station is a train station in Hudson, New York. Originally built in 1874 by the New York Central Railroad, it is the oldest continuously operated station in the state. Besides the Water Level Route, Hudson was also the terminus of the former Boston and Albany Railroad Hudson Branch,^[2] as well as another branch leading to Nieverville Station on the B&A Main Line.

Today, Hudson station serves a total of four different Amtrak trains, all of which have a southern terminus at Pennsylvania Station in New York City. They consist of the Adirondack, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Empire Service from Niagara Falls, New York, the Ethan Allen Express from Rutland, VT, the Maple Leaf from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Southbound Lake Shore Limited trains from Chicago served Hudson until April 4, 2009.

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