Station Data:

Address

320 Central Avenue
Rochester, NY 14605

Location

43.16 N, 77.61 W

Elevation

158 m / 520 ft

Population

210,565 (Census 2010)

Staff

Staffed

Open Hours

5:30am - 0:30am  Daily

Building

Year built unknown

Ridership

140,222 (FY2011)

Amtrak Trains:

EMPIRE SERVICE

[ Niagara Falls, NY - Buffalo, NY - Albany, NY - New York, NY ]

LAKE SHORE LIMITED

[ Chicago, IL - Cleveland, OH - Buffalo, NY - New York, NY ]

MAPLE LEAF

[ Toronto, ON - Buffalo, NY - Albany, NY - New York, NY ]

Rochester High Falls (near Amtrak Station)

A large waterfall; wider than it is tall.  It drops 96 ft classically over a slight overhang.  Below is a massive gorge scarred by industrial mills from the past.

*Photo from Amtrak 40th Anniversary Video

Station Improvement:
A new intermodal station opened in October 2017, the result of nearly 15 years of visioning and planning by stakeholders including the city, residents, New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Amtrak, CSXT, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority.  (Source - "Great American Stations" Rochester, NY (ROC))

Visited on August 13, 2005

Entrance

Station Building

Platform Side

Platform

Ticket Counter and Waiting Area

Looking Downtown from Platform

Looking West (Chicago, Toronto)

Looking East (New York)

Amtrak Train at Rochester Station (May 1977)

Amtrak Rochester Station - Platform Side (August 1978)

Amtrak Rochester Station - Ticket Counter and Waiting Area (August 1978)

Amtrak Rochester Station (August 1980)

Amtrak Train at Rochester Station (January 1981)

Amtrak Train at Rochester Station (September 1989)