Amsterdam station (New York)

Amsterdam is an Amtrak train station in Amsterdam, New York. It is located at 466 West Main Street (NYS Rts. 5 & 67) on the West end of the city and is also a popular railfanning location on the busy CSX Chicago Line, which sees 70–80 freight trains per day. However, there are only three Amtrak trains in each direction daily. Further service passes through the station without stopping. While the station is located along the Mohawk River, maps have mistakenly shown the location as being next to a park along the river near the Erie Canal Lock #11.

Amsterdam, NY
Amtrak station
The Amsterdam station in 2015.
Location466 West Main Street, Amsterdam, New York
Coordinates42°57′13″N 74°13′10″W
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Empire Corridor (Mohawk Subdivision)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; free
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAMS
History
OpenedDecember 4, 1970[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)10,475[2]  0.62%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Utica
toward Niagara Falls, New York
 Empire Service Schenectady
toward New York
Utica
toward Toronto via Niagara Falls, Ontario
 Maple Leaf
     Lake Shore Limited does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Utica
toward Detroit (Michigan Central)
 Niagara Rainbow Colonie–Schenectady
toward New York (Grand Central)

The station is served by four Empire Service and two Maple Leaf trains. In earlier eras, such as the postwar 1940s, no named trains from west of Syracuse stopped there.[3]

Station layout

Amsterdam is a small station with a small lobby without ticket sales and a ramp leading from the back door to the platform. The station has one low-level side platform on the north side of the tracks.

Platform at Amsterdam Amtrak station
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 1 ←      Empire Service toward Niagara Falls (Utica)
←      Maple Leaf toward Toronto (Utica)
←      Empire Service, Maple Leaf toward New York (Schenectady) →
Track 2 ←      Lake Shore Limited does not stop here →

References
  1. "New Penn Central Rail Depot Officially Opened at Amsterdam". The Leader-Herald. December 4, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2017, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. "New York Central timetable, April 1948" (PDF). Streamliner Memories.


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