Union Station
Opened in 1914
Location: near West St. and New West St., northwest of intersection
Railroads: New York Central, New York New Haven & Hartford
Demolished 1968.
Departures-Westbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 159 Buffalo Express Buffalo 12:14 am 43 South Shore Express Albany 3:32 am 3:02 am 9 Albany 6:50 621 5:58 am 1409 New York 7:25 am 3 Albany 9:48 691 9:03 am 575 New York Berkshire Albany 12:02 pm 2211 New York 3:43 pm 41 Knickerbocker Albany 4:07 49 2:57 pm 27 New England States Chicago 6:11 pm 5:09 427 7:33 pm 33 New Eng. Wolverine Det.-Chicago 7:32 pm 5:59 pm 11 Southwestern Limited Albany 9:27 pm 7:13 pm 29 Niagara Albany 11:01 35 10:48 pmDepartures-Eastbound
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 42 Boston Express Boston 2:30 52 2:08 am 46 Boston Special Boston 5:15 am 4:55 am 44 Boston 6:15 am 28 New England States Boston 6:51 am 5:42 428 8:44 am 98 New Eng. Wolverine Boston 7:24 8 7:47 am 6 Boston 9:00 am 7:52 am 10 Water Level Limited Boston 10:45 am 22 Lake Shore Limited Boston 12:53 pm 11:27 am 508 North Adams 1:17 pm 40 North Shore Limited Boston 5:04 690 5:20 pm 514 Boston 7:11 pm 1516 North Adams 8:32 pmPassenger service initially discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak.
In 1965, New York Central began using a new station to the east. In 1975, with the restoration of passenger service by Amtrak, a temporary station was built at 1 Columbus Ave., the approximate location of Union Station. Amtrak now has a newer station at that location.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 141 Berkshire Express New York 7:20 am 7:10 am 143 Mahaiwe New York 1:50 pm 1:45 pmArrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 140 New York 12:50 pm 1:03 pm 144 Berkshire Express New York 7:55 pm 9:58 pmPassenger service discontinued in 1971 with the creation of Amtrak. By then, service operated weekends only.
In 1960, New Haven began using a separate station.