Schenectady (Amtrak station)

Schenectady
Amtrak station
File:Schenectady, NY, train station.jpg View west along platform, 2008
Location	332 Erie Boulevard Schenectady, NY 12305
Coordinates
Owned by	CDTA
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Capital District Transportation Authority
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SDY
History
Opened	1979
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	60,677  1.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Saratoga Springs toward Montreal Adirondack Albany–Rensselaer toward New York City Saratoga Springs toward Rutland Ethan Allen Express Amsterdam toward Niagara Falls, NY Empire Service Amsterdam toward Toronto Maple Leaf Utica toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Albany–Rensselaer toward New York City or Boston South Station   Former services   New York Central Railroad Hoffman's toward Chicago Water Level Route Albany toward New York City

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 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.

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. The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) received a US $4.2 million grant for the construction of the planned structure in October 2010.

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, though by 2015 it had been scaled down to two stories. Track construction was planned to begin in the spring of 2014, but was delayed until fall, with station construction to go out to bid in 2014 for completion in 2017. 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.

Service

The following trains stop at the station more than once per day:

• Adirondack
• Empire Service
• Ethan Allen Express
• Lake Shore Limited
• Maple Leaf

Notable places nearby

• Downtown Schenectady
• Mabee House
• Rotterdam
• Scotia
• Union College

External links

• Amtrak – Stations – Schenectady, NY
• Schenectady, NY (SDY) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)