Niagara Falls station (New York)

Niagara Falls, NY
The new station in July 2017
General information
Other namesNiagara Falls Station and Customhouse Interpretive Center
Location825 Depot Avenue West
Niagara Falls, New York
United States
Coordinates43°06′35″N 79°03′19″W / 43.10972°N 79.05528°W / 43.10972; -79.05528
Owned byCity of Niagara Falls
Line(s)Empire Corridor (Niagara Subdivision)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsAmtrak / VIA Rail
ConnectionsBus transport NFTA: 52 North End Circulator
Bus transport Discover Niagara Shuttle: Falls to the Fort
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: NFL
CBP Code: NIA
History
OpenedDecember 6, 2016
Passengers
FY 202333,930[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Terminus Empire Service Buffalo–Exchange Street
toward New York
Niagara Falls, Ontario
toward Toronto
Maple Leaf
Former services at
Suspension Bridge station
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Niagara Falls, Ontario (MC)
toward Chicago
Michigan Central Railroad
Main Line
Niagara Falls, New York
toward Buffalo
Niagara Falls, New York
Terminus
Falls Road Sanborn
toward Rochester
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Niagara Falls, Ontario
toward Toronto
Niagara FallsToronto
Local stops
Terminus
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Terminus Niagara Falls Branch Niagara Falls, New York
toward Depew
U.S. Customhouse
U.S. Customhouse in May 2018 after construction of the railroad station.
Location2245 Whirlpool Street, Niagara Falls, New York
Arealess than one acre
Built1863
NRHP reference No.73001227[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1973
Location
Map

The Niagara Falls Station and Customhouse Interpretive Center is an intermodal transit complex in Niagara Falls, New York. It serves Amtrak trains and Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority buses, houses U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices servicing the Canada–United States border, and houses the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center.[3][4]

It is the western terminus of Amtrak's Empire Corridor and serves two Empire Service trains in each direction (terminating westbound) and one Maple Leaf in each direction daily. The station also provides a connection to NFTA route 50 and the Discover Niagara Shuttle buses.

The facility consists of a complex built around the historic U.S. Customhouse, originally designed to service the U.S. side of the Niagara River border crossings from Canada. Completed in July 2016, the facility replaced Amtrak's former Niagara Falls station for passenger rail service on December 6, 2016.[5]

From March 2020 to June 2022, Maple Leaf service west of the station was suspended indefinitely as part of a closure of the border to non-essential travel in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which made this station the western terminal of the route for that period.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ Fischer, Nancy (25 June 2016). "$43 million train station gets ready to open in Niagara Falls". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  4. ^ Fischer, Nancy (30 November 2016). "Amtrak service at new Niagara Falls station to debut on Tuesday".
  5. ^ WKBW-TV (27 July 2016). "Lease agreement delays train service to new Amtrak Station". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  6. ^ "Service Adjustments Due to Coronavirus" (Press release). Amtrak. 2020-03-24. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  7. ^ Dickson, Jane (March 18, 2020). "Canada-U.S. border to close except for essential supply chains". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 18, 2020.