- Niagara Falls, New York (Amtrak station)
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This article is about the station on the U.S. side. For the station on the Canadian side, see Niagara Falls, Ontario railway station.
Niagara Falls
Amtrak (Inter-city)
Station statistics Address 27th St and Lockport Rd
Niagara Falls, NYCoordinates 43°06′49″N 79°01′54″W / 43.1135°N 79.0318°WCoordinates: 43°06′49″N 79°01′54″W / 43.1135°N 79.0318°W Lines Parking Yes; free Baggage check No Other information Opened 1959 Accessible 
Code NFL Traffic Passengers (2010) 27,270[1] 
15%Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Terminus Empire Service Buffalo – Exchange Streettoward New York Citytoward TorontoMaple Leaf Amtrak's Niagara Falls, New York station is located at the corner of 27th Street and Lockport Road. It serves as an enclosed waiting area and ticket-selling location on the western terminus of the Empire Corridor. There is no platform, however, so trains are boarded in the open air of the much larger CSX yard on whose northwestern border it is sited. The station was originally built as a freight depot in 1959 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad.[2][3]
Contents
Service
The station is served by six trains daily:
- Empire Service (Amtrak), two eastbounds to Pennsylvania Station (New York City) and two westbound terminations.
- Maple Leaf (Amtrak/VIA), one eastbound to Pennsylvania Station (New York City) and one westbound to Union Station (Toronto).
Notable places nearby
The future
State and local governments plan on building a new multi-million dollar intermodal transportation center out of the U.S. Customhouse to replace the current station.[4] This work is to be part of a three phase project titled the Niagara Falls International Railway Station.[4] It calls for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share with Amtrak a complex consisting of the old customhouse and modern additions.[4]
The project consists of three phases, with a total estimated cost of $44 million.[5] Construction on the project began in August 2010, with funding only for the first two phases.[4]
In October 2010, the US Department of Transportation released $16.5 million in funds from the TIGER program for work on the final phase of the International Station project.[4][6]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/NEWYORK10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ Surviving New York Railroad Stations (AmericanRails.com)
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Niagara County, New York
- ^ a b c d e "City receives final federal funding for new train station and transportation hub". Niagara Gazette. 28 October 2010. http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x652348570/City-receives-final-federal-funding-for-new-train-station-and-transportation-hub. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Niagara Falls gets $16.5M grant for Amtrak station". WCAX.com. 29 October 2010. http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13409041. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "USDOT doles out TIGER II grants for 75 transportation projects". Progressive Railroading. 21 October 2010. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=24822. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
External links
Categories:- Amtrak stations in New York
- Transportation in Niagara Falls, New York
- Railway stations opened in 1959
- Stations along Lehigh Valley Railroad lines
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