Remsen station

Remsen
Adirondack Scenic Railroad station
Remsen depot in 2005
General information
Location10613 Depot Street
Remsen, NY 13438
Coordinates43°19′46″N 75°11′07″W / 43.32944°N 75.18528°W / 43.32944; -75.18528
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1855
Rebuilt1999
Services
Preceding station Adirondack Railroad Following station
Holland Patent
toward Utica
 Main Line Kayuta Trestle
toward Lake Placid

Remsen station is an historic train station in Remsen, New York. It serves as a flag stop on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad and has been serving trains since the 19th century.

History

The station in the early 1900s

In December, 1855, the railway tracks from Utica to Boonville were built by the Black River & Utica Railroad. That railway underwent a foreclosure sale in 1958 and was reorganized as the Utica & Black River Railroad.[1]

The New York Central Railroad (NYC) operated multiple trains daily through the station through the first half of the 20th century on its Adirondack Division. Additionally, the NYC operated sleeping cars direct from New York City to Remsen via the North Star until April 1959. Thereafter, the NYC's Iroquois carried sleeping cars that made stops at the station.[2] The company's passenger trains stopped making stops there en route to Utica, New York's Utica Union Station between 1959 and 1960.[3][4]

In 1999, the station was rebuilt on the same site and to the same plans as the original station. The station currently serves the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

Remsen Depot in 2010

References

  1. ^ Railroad in Remsen. Retrieved January 23, 2011
  2. ^ New York Central Railroad timetable, April 26, 1959, Table 42 and consist table: 'Pullman, Coach and Dining Car Service'
  3. ^ "New York Central System, Table 55". Official Guide of the Railways. 91 (11). National Railway Publication Company. April 1959.
  4. ^ "New York Central System, Table 41, absent from trains on table". Official Guide of the Railways. 92 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1960.


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