Niagara Falls, New York (Amtrak station)
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| Niagara Falls Amtrak (Inter-city) |
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| Address | 27th Street and Lockport Road Niagara Falls, NY 14305 |
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| Coordinates | 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 | Empire Service Maple Leaf | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; free | ||||||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | ||||||||||||||
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| Code | NFL | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009) | 23,754 ▼ 6.8% | ||||||||||||||
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Amtrak's Niagara Falls, New York station (NFL) 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.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] The future
State and local government plan on building a new multi-million dollar intermodal transportation center out of the U.S. Customhouse to replace the current station. This work is to be part of a three phase project titled the Niagara Falls Inter-modal Transportation Center (Described below).Charles Schumer and Louise Slaughter are supporters of this project that has been discussed for over a decade. It calls for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share with Amtrak a complex consisting of the vacant customhouse and modern additions.
[edit] The Niagara Falls Inter-modal Transportation Center
The NF-IRS/ITC Project consists of three independent phases, with a total estimated cost of $33,254,200. Phase-1 is the Restoration of the National Register listed “Customhouse,” located in the City’s core and adjacent to the international border. This is not only a historic transportation facility, but also a critical building element for the project. Funding of $2,500,000 has been fully secured and construction is scheduled for Spring 2009. Phase-2 is the Railway Infrastructure improvements totaling $13,500,000 [funding partially secured]. Phase-3 is the Station Construction and relocation of the Amtrak passenger terminal operations and the Department of Homeland Security’s Custom and Border Protection operations to a new station at the “Customhouse” location. Completion of this project will result in a number of transportation improvements including; safety enhancements, system capacity upgrades, and new multi-modal capabilities. The new rail station will also provide homeland security benefits by improving customs and border security. This project is fully supported by all public and private stakeholders including GBNRTC, DHS, CSXT and Amtrak. The City has made significant progress on this project, having received federal and state design approval as well as the required environmental reviews (NEPA, SEQR, archeology).
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