by dumpster.penguin
News reached here today from the Empire State Passengers Association that the Schenectady station has been demolished and a sparkling new facility will be open and working on that site by late 2018. Quickly calculating: that would be roundly a year from now! They won't make much progress in the bitter Capital District winter, so I figure three months for permits, three months for frenzied construction, three months for ripping it out and moving it four inches, three months to resolve disputes with the city, and three months to get the parking lot striped. All in all, eminently doable.
Which brought to mind a station that used to be located four or five hours west of there, in Rochester, which was torn down longer ago than anyone can remember and replaced very gradually with a new edifice. The structure reached its full height behind the construction fences in mid-June and the Democrat & Chronicle ran an article about its imminent opening on June 19. Well? How is it going?
Which brought to mind a station that used to be located four or five hours west of there, in Rochester, which was torn down longer ago than anyone can remember and replaced very gradually with a new edifice. The structure reached its full height behind the construction fences in mid-June and the Democrat & Chronicle ran an article about its imminent opening on June 19. Well? How is it going?