Lancaster station (Pennsylvania)

Lancaster, PA
Lancaster station in September 2012
General information
Location53 East McGovern Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
United States
Coordinates40°3′15.71″N 76°18′27.80″W / 40.0543639°N 76.3077222°W / 40.0543639; -76.3077222
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsLocal transit Red Rose Transit Authority: 3, 6, 10, 11, 19
Construction
Parking30 short-term, 50 long-term
AccessibleYes
Architectural styleNeoclassical
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: LNC
IATA codeZRL
History
OpenedApril 28, 1929[1]
ElectrifiedJanuary 15, 1938[2]
Passengers
FY 2023380,261[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Mount Joy
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service Parkesburg
toward New York
Elizabethtown
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Exton
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Harrisburg
toward Chicago
Three Rivers
1995–2005
Paoli
toward New York
Broadway Limited
Until 1995
Harrisburg National Limited
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Landisville
toward Chicago
Main Line Witmer
Mountville
toward Frederick
Frederick – Lancaster Terminus
Official namePennsylvania Railroad Station
DesignatedSeptember 7, 2001
Part ofLancaster City Historic District
Reference no.01000956[4]
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Location
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Lancaster station is an Amtrak railroad station and a former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Lancaster, Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located on the Keystone Corridor, the station is served by the Keystone Service between New York City and Harrisburg, and by the Pennsylvanian between New York and Pittsburgh. Lancaster is the second busiest Amtrak station in Pennsylvania, and the twenty-first busiest in the United States. It is one of the busiest Amtrak stations serving a metropolitan area smaller than two million people, primarily because of the large number of passengers traveling to and from Philadelphia and points east.

The first railroad station to be established in Lancaster was on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in 1834. The station was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1857 who replaced it with a new building. The current station building was constructed in 1929 north of the city by the Pennsylvania after a rail line bypassing the city was opened. Currently owned by Amtrak, the station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lancaster City Historic District.

  1. ^ "Lancaster's New Station". The Lancaster New Era. April 27, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Pennsy Completes New Electric Link". The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. January 15, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved October 28, 2013.