Syracuse station (New York Central Railroad)

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Syracuse
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The former headhouse of the Syracuse station
General information
Location800 Erie Boulevard East and 400 Burnet Avenue, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Owned by Charter Communications
History
OpenedSeptember 24, 1936 [1]
ClosedAugust 29, 1962 [1]
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Belle Isle
toward Chicago
Main Line East Syracuse
toward New York
Woodard
toward Oswego
Phoenix LineTerminus
Solvay
toward Rochester
Auburn Road
Terminus SyracuseMassena Liverpool
toward Massena
New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station
USA New York location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location815 Erie Boulevard East and 400 Burnet Avenue, Syracuse, New York
Coordinates 43°3′3.7908″N76°8′23.5896″W / 43.051053000°N 76.139886000°W / 43.051053000; -76.139886000
Area3.7 acres (1.5 ha) [2]
Built1936
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference No. 09000701 [3]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 2009 [3]

New York Central Railroad Passenger Station is a former railroad station in Syracuse, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 2009. [3] The former station currently is the home to Spectrum's Central New York operations.

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History

The station on a 1951 postcard Syracuse NYC station 1951 postcard.jpg
The station on a 1951 postcard

The passenger station, the third of ultimately four stations built by the New York Central Railroad to serve Syracuse, was built in 1936, when the railroad tracks that previously went through the city of Syracuse via Washington Street, at grade with pedestrians and automobiles, were elevated above city streets. It is of Art Deco design. Both the station and the new elevated route opened for business on September 24, 1936.

In 1962, after the purchase of the rail right-of-way near the 1936 passenger station by New York State for the construction of Interstate 690 necessitated usage of the old NYC freight bypass route for passenger trains through Syracuse, New York Central moved to a smaller "temporary" station near the freight yards in East Syracuse. The construction of the highway immediately behind the former station led to the demolition of all of its train platforms, with the exception of the one connected to the building and the one farthest from the building. The interior of the terminal was used as a Midtown Motors car dealership in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Greyhound continued to use it a bus terminal from 1964 until a fire in 1996. [2] Meanwhile, train service remained at the "temporary" East Syracuse facility well into the Amtrak era. Bus and train service were reintegrated in 1998 at the William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center near the Regional Market, on the north side of Syracuse.

The passenger building was renovated from 2001 to 2003 by Time Warner Cable (now part of Charter Spectrum), both to serve as their main office for their central New York operations, and as the Syracuse bureau and studios for News 10 Now (now Spectrum News Central New York). It serves both roles today.[ when? ] [2] [4] In 2016, New York State announced plans to restore the remaining station platform located across the highway from the station. [5]

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