Lancaster station (Pennsylvania)

Lancaster, PA
Lancaster station in September 2012
General information
Location	53 East McGovern Avenue Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°3′15.71″N 76°18′27.80″W / 40.0543639°N 76.3077222°W / 40.0543639; -76.3077222
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Red Rose Transit Authority: 3, 6, 10, 11, 19
Construction
Parking	30 short-term, 50 long-term
Accessible	Yes
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: LNC
IATA code	ZRL
History
Opened	April 28, 1929[1]
Electrified	January 15, 1938[2]
Passengers
FY 2023	380,261[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Mount Joy toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Parkesburg toward New York Elizabethtown toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Exton toward New York
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Harrisburg toward Chicago Three Rivers 1995–2005 Paoli toward New York Broadway Limited Until 1995 Harrisburg toward Kansas City National Limited Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Landisville toward Chicago Main Line Witmer toward New York or Exchange Place Mountville toward Frederick Frederick – Lancaster Terminus
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Official name	Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Designated	September 7, 2001
Part of	Lancaster City Historic District
Reference no.	01000956[4]
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Location

Lancaster station is an Amtrak railroad station and a former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Lancaster, Lancaster County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located on the Keystone Corridor, the station is served by the Keystone Service between New York City and Harrisburg, and by the Pennsylvanian between New York and Pittsburgh. Lancaster is the second busiest Amtrak station in Pennsylvania, and the twenty-first busiest in the United States. It is one of the busiest Amtrak stations serving a metropolitan area smaller than two million people, primarily because of the large number of passengers traveling to and from Philadelphia and points east.

The first railroad station to be established in Lancaster was on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad in 1834. The station was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1857 who replaced it with a new building. The current station building was constructed in 1929 north of the city by the Pennsylvania after a rail line bypassing the city was opened. Currently owned by Amtrak, the station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lancaster City Historic District.