Union Station (Utica)

Utica Union Station
Utica Union Station in 2010
Location	321 Main Street Utica, NY 13501
Owned by	Oneida County
Line(s)	Empire Corridor Adirondack Scenic Railroad
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	CENTRO of Oneida: 12 Greyhound Birnie Bus Services Utica-Rome Bus Company Adirondack Trailways Chenango Valley Bus Company
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	UCA
History
Opened	1914
Rebuilt	1978
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	59,170  3.2%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Rome toward Niagara Falls, NY Empire Service Amsterdam toward New York–Penn or New York–Grand Central Rome toward Toronto Maple Leaf Syracuse toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Schenectady toward New York City or Boston South Station Adirondack Scenic Railroad Terminus Adirondack Scenic Railroad Holland Patent toward Lake Placid   Former services   Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Terminus Utica Branch New Hartford toward Binghamton New York Central Railroad Rome toward Chicago Water Level Route North Ilion toward New York City Terminus Adirondack Division Marcy toward Montreal St. Lawrence Division Marcy toward Ogdensburg Rome toward Oswego Oswego – Utica (via Richland) Terminus
Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Main St. between John and 1st Sts., Utica, New York
Coordinates	43°6′15″N 75°13′24″W / 43.10417°N 75.22333°W / 43.10417; -75.22333Coordinates: 43°6′15″N 75°13′24″W / 43.10417°N 75.22333°W / 43.10417; -75.22333
Area	1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built	1914
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	75001215
Added to NRHP	April 28, 1975

The Boehlert Transportation Center at Union Station is a train station served by Amtrak and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad in Utica, New York. It is owned by Oneida County, and named for retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New Hartford.

The station was built in the Italianate style and includes a rusticated granite first story with buff brick above. Symmetrically rectangular in plan, there are thirteen bays across the façade and fifteen on the side elevations. A brick parapet crowns the building; over the main entrance is a large clock flanked by eagle sculptures. The Utica station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Inside is a restaurant and a barber shop, one of the few barber shops in a train station today. The 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m²) waiting room's 47-foot-high (14 m) vaulted ceiling is supported by 34 marble columns. The station's blueprints called for the importing of columns that originally adorned Grand Central Station in New York City. Eight large benches are heated with steam pipes and vents.

The station was built between 1912 and May 1914, replacing an older structure dating from 1869. The building was designed by New York architects Stem and Fellheimer. Construction involved the rerouting of the Mohawk River. The Mohawk River was relocated due to the risk of flooding and the proximity of the river to the railroad, which had become a problem for the expanding city. Built as a New York Central Railroad station, in 1915 it became tenanted by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the New York, Ontario and Western Railway as well, those two companies abandoning their structures.

At one time, the waiting room also contained three ticket windows, an information office, 15 pay telephones, a Western Union office, two shoeshine stands, a bar and grill. The Western Union Office is no longer there.