Union Station (Utica, New York)

Boehlert Transportation Center Utica, NY
Utica Union Station in 2021
General information
Location	321 Main Street Utica, New York United States
Coordinates	43°06′15″N 75°13′41″W / 43.1041991°N 75.2281117°W / 43.1041991; -75.2281117
Owned by	Oneida County
Line(s)	Empire Corridor (Mohawk Subdivision) Adirondack Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	CENTRO of Oneida: 12 Greyhound Birnie Bus Service Adirondack Trailways Chenango Valley Bus Company
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: UCA
IATA code	ZUA
History
Opened	April 1914[1]
Rebuilt	1978
Passengers
FY 2023	65,867[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rome toward Niagara Falls, New York Empire Service Amsterdam toward New York Rome toward Toronto Maple Leaf Syracuse toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Schenectady toward New York or Boston South Preceding station Adirondack Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line Tupper Lake toward Lake Placid
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Syracuse toward Chicago Lake Shore Colonie–Schenectady toward New York (Grand Central) Rome toward Detroit (Michigan Central) Niagara Rainbow Amsterdam toward New York (Grand Central) 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 toward Buffalo–Exchange Street West Shore Railroad Main Line South Utica toward Weehawken Clark's Mills toward Buffalo–Exchange Street
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Architect	Stem & Fellheimer
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	75001215[3]
Added to NRHP	April 28, 1975
Location

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]