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On to New York – US Rail Journeys Series 3 Episode 38
In ‘On to New York’ I travel the rest of the way to New York on the Lakeshore Limited.
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Albany–Rensselaer:
Our train splits at Albany-Rensselaer. The front portion heads off to Boston South Station and the rear goes on to New York’s Penn Station and the Moynihan train hall.
The timing here is generous with a scheduled arrival of 2.53 pm. The departure for Boston is at 3.27 pm and New York at 4.10 pm. I am on the New York portion and so have longer to explore the station.
The station is actually in Rensselaer located about 1 1/2 miles from downtown Albany which is across the Hudson River. The station hosts Amtrak’s Empire Corridor routes – Adirondack, Berkshire Flyer, Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Lake Shore Limited, and Maple Leaf.
The first Berkshire Flyer service is running on the day I pass through the station!
Rhinecliff station:
Rhinecliff station is in the Rhinecliff hamlet of Rhinebeck. The original Rhinebeck station opened with the Hudson River Railroad in 1851 and relocated south a year later to resolve a dispute with the Rhinecliff–Kingston ferry.
Nearly 204,000 Amtrak passengers used the station in 2023.
Poughkeepsie station:
Poughkeepsie station serves the Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak being the northern terminus of Metro-North’s Hudson Line.
The station dates from 1918. The main building is meant to be a much smaller version of New York’s Grand Central Terminal.
Croton–Harmon:
Croton–Harmon station serves the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line and the Amtrak lines running along the Empire Corridor. This makes it the main transfer point between the Hudson Line’s local and express service. It also marks the northern end of third-rail electrification on the route.
Moynihan Train Hall:
We arrive in to Penn Station on time and I collect my ‘checked baggage’ from Moynihan Train Hall before walking to my hotel for the night. I’ll be back in the next episode for my journey to Boston.
Listen to the podcast to hear about my journey along the Hudson and ‘On to New York’.
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