Amtrak adding New York State service

Amtrak adding New York State service

By Trains Staff | November 17, 2022

| Last updated on February 11, 2024


Two additional trains begin operation Dec. 5

black and silver passenger train running along a river
Adding to is state-funded Empire Corridor service, Amtrak announced the addition of two more round-trip trains between New York and Albany/Rensselar, N.Y. Steve Glischinski

NEW YORK – Amtrak will operate two additional round trips between New York and Albany/Rensselaer, N.Y., beginning Dec. 5. The new departures will bring the total number of weekday round-trip trains to 12, one fewer than Amtrak’s pre-COVID schedule for the route.

A new southbound train will depart Albany/Rensselaer at 11:10 a.m. Sunday through Friday, arriving at Penn Station at 1:45 p.m. A second new southbound will leave Albany/Rensselaer at 5:30 p.m. arriving in New York at 8:05 p.m. This train will eliminate a three-hour southbound service gap for travel between Albany and New York.

Northbound, a new departure will leave New York at 8:15 a.m. arriving in Albany/Rensselaer at 10:47 a.m. Another new northbound train departs New York at 3:15 p.m. and arrives in Albany/Rensselaer at 5:45 p.m.

The trains are part of the state-funded Empire Corridor service between New York and Niagara Falls, N.Y.

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