Union Station
575 Broadway
Opened 1900
Number of station tracks: 8 through
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Signal Station A: controlled the south end of the station
Signal Station B: controlled the north end of the station
Departures-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 29 Niagara Buffalo 12:40 59 Iroquois Chicago (skip) 35 1:15 63 2:00 35 Fast Mail Detroit 1:44 99 (skip) 159 Buffalo Express Buffalo 2:28 61 Seneca Utica 4:30 43 South Shore Express Chicago 5:30 5:10 335 Syracuse 6:15 705 Troy 6:45 9 Mail Buffalo 9:00 95 9:50 107 Syracuse Local Syracuse 10:40 7 9:15 51 Empire State Express Cleveland 11:38 10:50 71 11:15 55 Central Express Syracuse 11:47 711 Troy 11:50 5 Mohawk Chicago 12:58 769 Green Mountain Flyer Montreal 1:03 39 North Shore Limited Det.-Chicago 3:50 2:57 73 3:15 441 Syracuse 4:01 41 Knickerbocker St. Louis 5:38 5:20 1 Pacemaker Chicago (skip) 5:55 15 Ohio State Limited Cincinnati 6:54 6:46 67 Commodore Vanderbilt Chicago 7:16 7:15 75 7:15 27 New England States Chicago 7:30 (skip) 61 9:30 367 Upstate Special Utica 7:40 167 7:48 25 20th Century Limited Chicago 8:40 7:45 33 New Eng. Wolverine Det.-Chicago 8:55 7:53 17 Wolverine Det.-Chicago 9:05 8:15 19 Lake Shore Limited Chicago 9:33 9:22 47 Detroiter Detroit 9:59 10:00 455 Syracuse 10:05 155 8:50 11 Southwestern Limited St. Louis 10:52 57 10:33 57 Cleveland Limited Chicago 11:01 (skip) 21 Lake Erie Cleveland 11:20Arrivals-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 29 Niagara Boston 12:15 35 12:10 29 Niagara New York 12:20 59 Iroquois New York (skip) 35 12:41 63 1:25 159 Buffalo Express Boston 1:25 35 Fast Mail New York 1:44 99 (skip) 61 Seneca New York 4:00 43 South Shore Express Boston 4:50 4:20 43 South Shore Express New York 5:15 4:25 199 New York 8:15 699 7:12 9 Weehawken 8:20 7:30 9 Pittsfield 8:25 621 7:15 9 Mail New York 8:28 95 9:37 107 Syracuse Local New York 10:28 7 8:10 3 Boston 11:18 10:15 51 Empire State Express New York 11:31 10:45 71 11:10 55 Central Express New York 11:42 143 Laurentian New York (bypass)55 11:55 5 Mohawk New York 12:43 575 New York Berkshire Boston 1:15 93 New York 3:23 81 1:10 39 North Shore Limited New York 3:39 2:42 73 3:10 7 Weehawken 3:40 41 Knickerbocker Boston 5:23 49 4:15 41 Knickerbocker New York 5:26 5:15 1 Pacemaker New York (skip) 5:50 15 Ohio State Limited New York 6:49 6:40 67 Commodore Vanderbilt New York 7:16 7:15 75 7:10 27 New England States Boston 7:20 (skip) 427 8:55 367 Upstate Special New York 7:25 167 7:30 161 New York 8:21 83 5:10 23 Albany Express New York 8:32 25 20th Century Limited New York 8:40 7:45 33 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 8:40 7:25 13 Weehawken 8:50 17 Wolverine New York 8:55 8:03 19 Lake Shore Limited New York 9:21 9:00 47 Detroiter New York 9:59 10:00 11 Southwestern Limited Boston 10:35 8:35 11 Southwestern Limited New York 10:52 57 10:33 85 11:10 57 Cleveland Limited New York 11:01 (skip) 21 Lake Erie New York 11:20 31 New York 11:23 127 11:10 61 9:10 3 Weehawken 11:30 8:25Departures-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 6 Weehawken 12:50 42 Boston Express Boston 1:00 52 12:50 32 Mail New York 1:20 52 12:30 36 Genesee New York 2:45 30 Iroquois New York 3:20 46 Boston Special Boston 3:45 3:35 44 New York Special New York 4:00 4:05 6 Fifth Avenue Special New York 4:31 (skip) 64 4:20 44 Boston 4:50 2 Pacemaker New York 5:10 5:49 28 New England States Boston 5:38 (skip) 428 7:40 8 Wolverine New York 5:40 6:15 16 Ohio State Limited New York 5:42 5:29 26 Weehawken 5:50 26 20th Century Limited New York 6:03 (skip) 98 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 6:10 8 6:25 154 New York 6:20 6:45 62 7:20 6 Boston 7:00 5:25 168 Hudson River Express New York 7:30 80 9:20 10 Water Level Limited New York 8:30 138 7:45 24 Knickerbocker New York 9:25 9:38 10 Water Level Limited Boston 9:30 8 Weehawken 10:10 142 Cayuga New York 10:25 22 Lake Shore Limited New York 11:36 10:05 22 Lake Shore Limited Boston 11:40 10:10 54 Mohawk New York 1:00 698 4:25 40 North Shore Limited New York 2:26 38 1:45 70 11:20 38 Missourian New York 3:25 40 2:37 82 1:20 2 Weehawken 3:30 1:40 40 North Shore Limited Boston 3:35 690 4:15 90 Forest City New York 4:45 4:12 72 3:20 134 New York 5:20 56 7:20 84 5:20 514 Boston 5:35 624 4:30 18 Weehawken 5:40 4:50 34 Seneca New York 6:00 50 Empire State Express New York 6:50 6:35 74 7:20 56 DeWitt Clinton New York 8:37 96 5:20Arrivals-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 52 Easterner Chicago 12:25 11:50 36 Genesee Syracuse 2:34 30 Iroquois Buffalo 3:07 46 Boston Special Buffalo 3:27 3:20 44 New York Special Det.-Chicago 3:50 3:35 6 Fifth Avenue Special Chicago 4:23 (skip) 64 3:30 472 Mount Royal Montreal 4:30 2 Pacemaker Chicago 5:10 5:44 28 New England States Chicago 5:18 (skip) 62 7:10 8 Wolverine Det.-Chicago 5:33 5:50 16 Ohio State Limited Cincinnati 5:42 5:24 98 New Eng. Wolverine Buffalo 5:50 26 20th Century Limited Chicago 6:03 (skip) 64 Green Mountain Flyer Montreal 6:20 702 Troy 7:50 10 Water Level Limited Chicago 8:20 138 7:30 400 Utica 9:05 24 Knickerbocker St. Louis 9:13 9:20 142 Cayuga Buffalo 10:10 22 Lake Shore Limited Chicago 11:24 9:50 54 Mohawk Troy 12:50 58 Niagara Buffalo 2:09 (skip) 40 North Shore Limited Det.-Chicago 2:17 38 1:26 70 11:10 724 Troy 2:20 38 Missourian St. Louis 3:15 40 2:30 90 Forest City Chicago 4:35 3:50 72 3:10 34 Seneca Syracuse 5:41 706 Green Mountain Flyer Montreal 6:20 6:05 50 Empire State Express Cleveland 6:42 6:28 74 7:10 56 DeWitt Clinton Buffalo 8:25 96 5:05 766 Troy 9:22 424 Syracuse 10:45 42 Boston Express Buffalo 11:43Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 7 Montreal 12:05 11:15 9 2:15 1 Rouses Point 7:00 6:10 302 Binghamton 7:05 3 Whitehall 12:15 10:55 35 Laurentian Montreal 1:05 12:15 11:25 308 Binghamton 4:15 208 3:15 5 Plattsburg 5:15 4:15 41 Glens Falls 7:20 7:45Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 8 Montreal 4:30 2:55 10 3:50 40 Saratoga Spr. 8:05 7:05 305 Binghamton 11:20 205 10:45 2 Plattsburg 12:45 1:05 36 Laurentian Montreal (bypass) 4:35 34 3:00 4 Whitehall 5:40 5:50 309 Binghamton 6:30Passenger service discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak.
Union Station (Wikipedia)
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