Union Station (Utica, New York)

Boehlert Transportation Center
Utica, NY
Utica Union Station in 2021
General information
Location321 Main Street
Utica, New York
United States
Coordinates43°06′15″N 75°13′41″W / 43.1041991°N 75.2281117°W / 43.1041991; -75.2281117
Owned byOneida County
Line(s)Empire Corridor (Mohawk Subdivision)
Adirondack Railroad
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus transport CENTRO of Oneida: 12
Bus transport Greyhound
Bus transport Birnie Bus Service
Bus transport Adirondack Trailways
Bus transport Chenango Valley Bus Company
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: UCA
IATA codeZUA
History
OpenedApril 1914[1]
Rebuilt1978
Passengers
FY 202365,867[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Rome Empire Service Amsterdam
toward New York
Rome
toward Toronto
Maple Leaf
Syracuse
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited Schenectady
Preceding station Adirondack Railroad Following station
Terminus Main Line Tupper Lake
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Syracuse
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Colonie–Schenectady
Rome Niagara Rainbow Amsterdam
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station
Terminus Utica Branch New Hartford
toward Binghamton
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Whitesboro
toward Chicago
Main Line North Frankfort
toward New York
Terminus Adirondack Division Marcy
toward Montreal
St. Lawrence Division Marcy
toward Ogdensburg
Whitesboro
after 1914
West Shore Railroad
Main Line
South Utica
toward Weehawken
Clark's Mills
Union Station
Area1 acre (0.4 ha)
ArchitectStem & Fellheimer
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.75001215[3]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1975
Location
Map

The Boehlert Transportation Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Railroad in Utica, New York. It is owned by Oneida County, and named for retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-New Hartford).

The station was built in the Italianate style and includes a rusticated granite first story with buff brick above. Symmetrically rectangular in plan, there are thirteen bays across the façade and fifteen on the side elevations. A brick parapet crowns the building; over the main entrance is a large clock flanked by eagle sculptures. The Utica station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[4]

Inside is a restaurant and a barber shop, one of the few barber shops in a train station today.[5] The 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) waiting room's 47-foot-high (14 m) vaulted ceiling is supported by 34 marble columns. The station's blueprints called for the importing of columns that originally adorned Grand Central Terminal in New York City.[clarification needed] Twelve large benches are heated by steam pipes and vents incorporated into the benches themselves.[6]

A total of eight Amtrak trains use the station daily: two trains (one eastbound, one westbound) on the Lake Shore Limited, four trains (two in each direction) on the Empire Service, and two trains (one in each direction) on the Maple Leaf. In addition, the Adirondack Railroad operates a heritage railway from Utica to Holland Patent, Remsen and Thendara, New York, terminating in Tupper Lake on a seasonal basis.[7]

  1. ^ "UNION STATION, MAIN ST, UTICA NY". Cultural Resource Information Resource. State of New York. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Utica Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Union Station Barber Shop on Facebook
  6. ^ Harold D. Eberlin (1914), "Recent railway stations in American cities", Architectural Record, vol. 36, pp. 122–145, hdl:2027/uc1.b3065973, retrieved June 7, 2021
  7. ^ Utica's Union Station (Adirondack Scenic Railroad) Archived February 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine