- Saranac Lake Union Depot
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Saranac Lake Union Depot 
Station statistics Address 42 Depot St.
Saranac Lake, NY[1]Coordinates 44°19′51″N 74°07′57″W / 44.33083°N 74.1325°WCoordinates: 44°19′51″N 74°07′57″W / 44.33083°N 74.1325°W Other information Opened 1904[2] Closed 1964 (passenger service)[2]
1972 (freight service)[3]Rebuilt 1998[2] Owned by New York State Department of Transportation[4] Formerly New York Central Saranac Lake Union Depot is a former New York Central Railroad station in Saranac Lake, New York. It was built in 1904 by the Delaware and Hudson Railway[2], and is now served by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness Line tourist train to Lake Placid Station.[5][6] The station houses historic exhibits, a visitors center and gift shops[7][8], where they also sell tickets for the train. During its heyday, the station handled eighteen to twenty scheduled passenger trains per day.[9][5]
See also
- New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District
- Historic Saranac Lake
References
- ^ Adirondack Railway Preservation Society
- ^ a b c d Union Depot at Historic Saranac Lake
- ^ AARCH.org. Retrieved January 28, 2011
- ^ New York Railroads, Saranac Lake Union Depot page
- ^ a b NYPA.gov Press release. Retrieved January 28, 2011
- ^ preservationnation.org. Retrieved January 28, 2011
- ^ Historic Union Depot and Adirondack Scenic Railroad
- ^ Lakeplacid.com. Retrieved January 18, 2011
- ^ Historic Saranac Lake. Retrieved January 28, 2011
External Links
Station ca. 1910
Categories:- New York railway station stubs
- Stations along New York Central Railroad lines
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