Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station

Rochester, NY
The new Amtrak station in October 2017
General information
Location320 Central Avenue
Rochester, New York
United States
Coordinates43°09′49″N 77°36′30″W / 43.1635°N 77.6082°W / 43.1635; -77.6082
Owned byAmtrak
Line(s)Empire Corridor (Rochester Subdivision)
Platforms1 island platform (formerly 6 island platforms)
Tracks4 (formerly 11)
ConnectionsBus transport RTS: 2 North Clinton, 3 Joseph
Bus transport Megabus
Bus transport New York Trailways
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: ROC
IATA codeZTE
History
OpenedOriginal depot: 1914; 110 years ago (1914)
Amtrak facility: July 12, 1978
Rebuilt2017
Passengers
FY 2023130,121[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Buffalo–Depew Empire Service Syracuse
toward New York
Buffalo–Depew
toward Toronto
Maple Leaf
Buffalo–Depew
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited Syracuse
New York State Fair services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Buffalo–Depew Empire Service New York State Fair
toward New York
Buffalo–Depew
toward Toronto
Maple Leaf
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Buffalo
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Syracuse
Buffalo Niagara Rainbow
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Center Park
toward Chicago
Main Line Brighton
toward New York
Center Park Falls Road Terminus
Terminus RochesterOswego Otis
toward Oswego
Auburn Road Brighton
toward Syracuse
Churchville Junction West Shore Railroad
Main Line
Fairport
toward Weehawken
Location
Map

The Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station is an Amtrak intermodal transit station in Rochester, New York. Local and regional bus transportation is provided by the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (branded RTS). Various taxi firms service the station, as well. The station is located on the north side of Rochester, just east of High Falls on the south side of the tracks.

Rochester is served by three Amtrak routes, totalling eight trains each day. The Lake Shore Limited operates one train in each direction daily between Chicago and Boston/New York City (via two sections east of Albany), while the Empire Service operates two trains in each direction between Niagara Falls and New York City, and the Maple Leaf serves the station with one train in each direction between Toronto and New York City. The station, opened in 2017, is the third train station to be built at the site.

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.