Everything about Albany-rensselaer Amtrak Station totally explained
The
Albany-Rensselaer Rail Station is a long-distance rail terminal in
Rensselaer, New York, located 1.5 miles from downtown
Albany (from which the station gets its name) across the
Hudson River. As of
2007, the station was
Amtrak's tenth busiest station and is served by many of Amtrak's northeastern routes outside of the
Northeast Corridor. These include the
Lake Shore Limited, whose
Boston and
New York branches meet at the station.
The current structure dates from September 2002 and features a Coffee Beanery coffeeshop, a newsstand, and a
post office. This structure replaced the adjacent 1968 terminal, which is now used as office space by
Amtrak. Prior to 1968, trains stopped at Albany's
Union Station, a building located on Broadway that 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 beforehand in part due to the construction of
Interstate 787 needing the space where an adjacent rail yard lay, but it was under
Penn Central's watch that the move took place. The station was built with three tracks (a fourth was planned, but eliminated due to cost) and the station has been with a less-than-preferable number of tracks since. In late January 2007, however, it was announced that a fourth track would finally be built, and the trains that serve the station will be less prone to delays resulting from limited track capacity.
The Albany-Rensselaer Rail Station is operated by the
Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA), which has three bus routes serving the station. These routes and range of service are as follows:
- 14-Rensselaer/Third Street-Amtrak (every 30 minutes weekdays/rush hours, every 60 minutes nights/weekends)
- 15-Rensselaer/East Street (8 runs weekdays on 1-2 hour headways)
- 24-Albany/Troy via Rensselaer (every 25 minutes rush hours, 50 minutes weekday middays)
Car rental and taxi services are also available at the station with the average taxi ride into downtown Albany averaging about $7.
With the exception of the Boston branch of the Lake Shore Limited, all trains have southbound service to Penn Station in New York City.
Adirondack to Montreal
Empire Service: all trains to New York (via Hudson, Rhinecliff, Poughkeepsie, Croton-on-Hudson, Yonkers); some westbound to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Ethan Allen Express to Rutland, Vermont
Lake Shore Limited to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago
- New York Branch (Train 48/49): Croton-on Hudson, New York (Penn Station)
- Boston Branch (Train 448/449): Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, Framingham, Boston (Back Bay), Boston (South Station)
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