Plattsburgh station

Plattsburgh station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Plattsburgh, New York. The station is served by one daily round trip on the Adirondack. It has one low-level side platform on the west side of the single track of the Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Subdivision.

Plattsburgh, NY
Plattsburgh station viewed from the tracks
General information
Location	121 Bridge Street Plattsburgh, New York United States
Coordinates	44.69670°N 73.44647°W / 44.69670; -73.44647
Owned by	Plattsburgh Depot Partnership
Line(s)	Canadian Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: PLB
History
Opened	1886 [1]
Passengers
FY 2023	Service suspended due to COVID-19[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rouses Point toward Montreal Adirondack Westport toward New York
Former services Preceding station Delaware and Hudson Railway Following station West Chazy toward Rouses Point Main Line Cliff Haven toward Albany Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rouses Point toward Montreal Adirondack Port Kent Suspended 2020 toward New York
D & H Railroad Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Architect	Fuller & Wheeler
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Plattsburgh City MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001102[3]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1982
Location

The Plattsburgh station was opened in 1886, previously used as a Delaware and Hudson Railway Depot,^[4] and was designed by Albany architects Fuller & Wheeler,^[5] in the French Provincial style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982 as the D & H Railroad Complex.^[6] Currently Amtrak only uses a small office downstairs at track level while the above space holds law offices, a media production business, and financial investment offices.

The station has no intercity bus connections. Greyhound Lines and Trailways of New York stop near the U.S. Route 9 / Interstate 87 interchange north of Plattsburgh, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the station.^[7]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, New York

References

1. Existing Railroad Stations in New York State (Clinton County)
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of New York" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
4. Plattsburgh Station (PLB): Great American Stations (Amtrak)
5. Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-0471143895.
6. Clinton County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
7. "Bus station details: Plattsburgh, New York". Trailways. Retrieved 2023-07-19.

External links

Media related to Plattsburgh station at Wikimedia Commons

• Plattsburgh, NY – Amtrak
• Plattsburgh, NY – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)