Union Station
321 Main St.
Opened 1914, replacing earlier NYC stations at same location built in 1836 and 1869
Number of station tracks: 12
Interlocked switches controlled as follows:
Signal Station 30: controlled the east end of the station
Signal Station 31: controlled the west end of the station
In 1915, one year after the opening of Union Station, two other railroads moved into the station from their own separate stations.
Departures-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 11 Southwestern Limited St. Louis (skip) 57 12:18 21 Lake Erie Cleveland 1:11 455 Syracuse 2:00 155 1:45 5 Montreal 2:15 2:05 29 Niagara Buffalo 2:45 59 Iroquois Chicago (skip) 35 3:05 63 3:35 35 Fast Mail Detroit (skip) 99 3:17 55 Watertown 3:55 59 3:30 59 Ogdensburg 4:00 163 Cayuga Rochester 4:45 47 Oswego 6:05 43 South Shore Express Chicago 8:10 8:28 67 Watertown 8:40 335 Syracuse 10:05 9 Mail Buffalo 11:30 95 11:40 51 Empire State Express Cleveland 1:23 12:29 71 12:45 55 Central Express Syracuse 1:32 3 Montreal 1:40 1:30 107 Syracuse Local Syracuse 1:43 7 1:20 75 Watertown 1:50 675 1:00 5 Mohawk Chicago 3:18 39 North Shore Limited Det.-Chicago 5:56 5:13 73 4:45 71 Watertown 6:25 7:10 441 Syracuse 6:56 41 Knickerbocker St. Louis 7:25 7:03 67 Commodore Vanderbilt Chicago 9:04 (skip) 75 8:45 27 New England States Chicago 9:17 (skip) 61 11:05 1 Pacemaker Chicago 9:51 7:37 15 Ohio State Limited Cincinnati (skip) 8:26 33 New Eng. Wolverine Det.-Chicago 10:45 9:33 17 Wolverine Det.-Chicago 10:57 9:55 19 Lake Shore Limited Chicago 11:24 11:03 47 Detroiter Detroit 11:44 (skip)Arrivals-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 11 Southwestern Limited New York (skip) 57 12:10 21 Lake Erie New York 1:05 455 Albany 1:22 155 12:47 29 Niagara New York 2:29 59 Iroquois New York (skip) 35 2:55 63 3:35 35 Fast Mail New York (skip) 99 3:10 163 Cayuga New York 4:36 61 Seneca New York 6:45 43 South Shore Express New York 7:59 8:08 335 Albany 9:45 9 Mail New York 11:09 95 11:35 107 Syracuse Local New York 1:06 7 12:46 51 Empire State Express New York 1:21 12:26 71 12:45 55 Central Express New York 1:30 5 Mohawk New York 3:13 39 North Shore Limited New York 5:53 5:06 73 4:45 441 Albany 6:43 41 Knickerbocker New York 7:22 6:59 67 Commodore Vanderbilt New York 9:01 (skip) 75 8:45 27 New England States Boston 9:14 (skip) 61 11:05 1 Pacemaker New York 9:48 7:34 15 Ohio State Limited New York (skip) 8:24 367 Upstate Special New York 10:10 167 10:20 33 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 10:40 9:31 17 Wolverine New York 10:52 9:52 19 Lake Shore Limited New York 11:20 10:59 47 Detroiter New York 11:44 (skip)Departures-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 36 Genesee New York 12:45 30 Iroquois New York 1:27 46 Boston Special Boston 1:47 1:39 44 New York Special New York 2:10 2:00 6 Fifth Avenue Special New York 2:41 (skip) 64 1:50 400 Albany 4:45 10 Water Level Limited New York 6:38 138 5:00 28 New England States Boston (skip) (skip) 62 5:30 24 Knickerbocker New York 7:28 7:35 142 Cayuga New York 7:33 22 Lake Shore Limited New York 9:38 7:42 40 North Shore Limited New York (skip) 38 11:19 70 9:30 58 Niagara Albany 11:59 (skip) 38 Missourian New York 1:26 40 12:41 90 Forest City New York 2:51 1:58 72 1:30 34 Seneca New York 3:15 50 Empire State Express New York 4:59 4:50 74 5:30 424 Albany 5:54 56 DeWitt Clinton New York 6:23 96 3:13 42 Boston Express Boston 9:20 52 Easterner Albany 9:59 9:10Arrivals-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 36 Genesee Syracuse 12:25 80 Ogdensburg 12:55 12:05 30 Iroquois Buffalo 1:12 46 Boston Special Buffalo 1:40 1:34 4 Montreal 1:55 1:25 44 New York Special Det.-Chicago 1:57 1:50 6 Fifth Avenue Special Chicago 2:37 (skip) 64 1:50 28 New England States Chicago (skip) (skip) 62 5:30 142 Cayuga Buffalo 6:25 10 Water Level Limited Chicago 6:35 24 Knickerbocker St. Louis 7:25 7:32 58 Watertown 9:15 676 10:55 22 Lake Shore Limited Chicago 9:35 7:39 40 North Shore Limited Det.-Chicago (skip) 38 11:14 70 9:30 58 Niagara Buffalo 11:54 (skip) 38 Missourian St. Louis 1:23 40 12:38 2 Montreal 2:25 2:50 90 Forest City Chicago 2:43 1:55 72 1:30 34 Seneca Syracuse 3:05 70 Watertown 3:50 2:55 50 Empire State Express Cleveland 4:55 4:47 74 5:30 424 Syracuse 5:39 72 Watertown 6:15 56 DeWitt Clinton Buffalo 6:18 96 3:10 48 Oswego 8:50 42 Boston Express Buffalo 9:15 52 Easterner Chicago 9:44 9:00Passenger service retained by Amtrak in 1971.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 806 Binghamton 10:40 am 816 Binghamton 5:00 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 815 Binghamton 12:15 pm 803 Binghamton 5:45 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1950.
The New York Central main line between New York and Buffalo was the main railroad through Utica, using Union Station. New York Central identified its towers as "Signal Stations" (SS), and these Signal Stations were usually numbered. SS30 controlled the east end of the station, and SS31 controlled the west end of the station. Two NYC St. Lawrence Division lines also served Utica. Diverting north at SS31 was the Ogdensburg Branch. SS34 was in Rome, 12 miles west of Utica, and where the Richland Branch diverted north. Also serving Utica was Delaware Lackawanna & Western, diverting south at SS31, connecting at Binghamton with the main line between New York and Buffalo.