Schenectady (Amtrak station)
Schenectady
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File:Schenectady, NY, train station.jpg
View west along platform, 2008
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Location | 332 Erie Boulevard Schenectady, NY 12305 |
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Owned by | CDTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Capital District Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | SDY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2014) | 60,677[1] 1.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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][3] on the site of the former Union Station. It was made possible through a partnership among Amtrak, the State of New York and the City of Schenectady. The state funded the rehabilitation of the tracks at $3.9 million, while Amtrak paid two-thirds the cost of the depot with the state covering the rest. The city donated the land.[4]
A replacement structure known as the Schenectady Intermodal Station is planned to be built on the site of the existing station that would include both Amtrak and local transit service.[5] The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) received a US $4.2 million grant for the construction of the planned structure in October 2010.[5]
By 2014, funding from federal and state sources for the new station had reached $15 million and the CDTA had largely completed design work for a four story station building,[6] though by 2015 it had been scaled down to two stories.[7] Track construction was planned to begin in the spring of 2014,[6] but was delayed until fall,[7] with station construction to go out to bid in 2014 for completion in 2017.[6] In August 2015, the Metroplex Development Authority sold Amtrak 2,400 square feet of parking lot that allowed for construction of a temporary station to begin immediately, followed by the demolition of the 1979 building and construction of the replacement station.[7]
Service
The following trains stop at the station more than once per day:
Notable places nearby
References
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- Amtrak stations in New York
- Stations along New York Central Railroad lines
- Stations along Delaware and Hudson Railway lines
- Buildings and structures in Schenectady, New York
- Transportation in Schenectady County, New York
- Railway stations opened in 1979
- New York railway station stubs