New stations built after Amtrak started

Exton, Pennsylvania was not opened until the 1980s. The first actual station building is nearing completion.

The Downeaster stations are tricky. Although markhb rightly mentions Brunswick as a substantial new station it is located almost exactly in the place of the former Maine Central station site. The Freeport station likewise reuses real estate very close to where the "last call" was made by Maine Central on Labor Day weekend 59 years ago this September.

Portland is a relocation from the previous Union Station site nearby. Old Orchard Beach likewise is legacy or near legacy real estate. Same could be said of Saco. Wells on the other hand is definitely "new" and is sited for its proximity to the Maine Turnpike which was built some time after any station which may have served Wells at one time.

There is a proposal in the works for a West Falmouth station which to the best of my knowledge would indeed be "new" under the criteria of this topic (I'm assuming old flag stops dating back to the 1870s and 1880s don't count).

The New Hampshire stations are all near, in or next to their former Boston & Maine station sites. Likewise for Haverhill and Woburn as others noted. North Station never closed.

mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:53 pm Technically you could count Philadelphia International, as Amtrak stopped there albeit for a brief period in the 80s/90s

That's a tricky one--the individual terminals themselves serve as stations. Access to the platform is from the public concourse within the terminals and by crossing the arrival roadway from the terminal buildings, but there is no separate building.

gokeefe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:18 pm The New Hampshire stations are all near, in or next to their former Boston & Maine station sites. Likewise for Haverhill and Woburn as others noted. North Station never closed.

Anderson/Woburn was built on a former superfund industrial site and was aimed to replace nearby Mishawum, which remains a stop (for commuter rail). So Anerson/Woburn is technically a new station location that previously did not have service before. Kind of like a "Route 128 North".

Was there ever a stop near Buffalo-Depew? There wasn't anything in the Penn Central era, but maybe there was one for the New York Central. If so, it couldn't have been an important one.

Hmm, I think this was actually built by Penn Central, but of interest:

http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/colonie.htm

Buffalo-Depew(BUF) active staffed station,limited wheelchair access,Checked Baggage,Empire service,only stop for Lake Shore Ltd
in Buffalo Metro area.

Greg Moore wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:33 pm Hmm, I think this was actually built by Penn Central, but of interest:

http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/colonie.htm

Yes, the Colonie-Schenectady station was built by Penn Central in 1969 when PC closed the passenger line through downtown Schenectady and rerouted trains via the Selkirk Branch. That link doesn't have a photo of the actual station, so here's one of mine from 1970 that shows most of it. It was located in the middle of nowhere as compared with the former and current stations in downtown Schenectady.

Thanks, I had seen photos but had trouble finding any yesterday.

Paul1705 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:17 pm Was there ever a stop near Buffalo-Depew? There wasn't anything in the Penn Central era, but maybe there was one for the New York Central. If so, it couldn't have been an important one.

Backshophoss wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:05 am Buffalo-Depew(BUF) active staffed station,limited wheelchair access,Checked Baggage,Empire service,only stop for Lake Shore Ltd
in Buffalo Metro area.

Built 1979 as part of the Standard Station Program, no indication of there having been a station on the site prior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%E ... ew_station

Paul1705 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:17 pm Was there ever a stop near Buffalo-Depew? There wasn't anything in the Penn Central era, but maybe there was one for the New York Central. If so, it couldn't have been an important one.

Depew was built to replace operations at Buffalo Central Terminal. There shouldn't have been anything at all out there.

All the Depew stops were on/around Transit Road (NY 78) for the predecessor railroads.

Also, Colonie opened on 4-1-69.

Regarding the Amtrak/NJT joint Atlantic City service, all stations were built new (1989) and post-RPSA (except Absecon, which is a new high level platform built at the 1938 station built jointly by NJBPU and WPA). AC Terminal is an indirect replacement for the older PRSL stations, but is built as a part of convention center.

I mentioned the anomaly at Cherry Hill (CRH) earlier.

Technically Syracuse NY. didn't have a station after the NYC Erie Blvd one closed until the transportation center was built. Syracuse used a station located in Dewitt to the east of Syracuse.

The Dewitt station was actually in the Village of East Syracuse which is within the Town of Dewitt.