Station Data:

Address

Albany Street
Albany, NY 12205

Location

42.7289 N, 73.8655 W

Elevation

98 m / 320 ft

Population

5,196 (Census 2010)

Building

Former Penn Central Station

Condition

Station building might be demolished.  Platform was removed

Amtrak Train:

Train Names

Niagara Rainbow, Empire State Express, Salt City Express

Note: Amtrak trains no longer stop at Colonie, NY

Visited on January 19, 2019 (Rear view from the train)

Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking East - Photo #5

Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking East - Photo #6

Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking East - Photo #7

Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking East - Photo #8

Visited on August 28, 2016

Albany Street near Colonie Station

Looking West - Photo #1

Entrance to Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking South - Photo #2

"NO TRESPASSING"  "KEEP OUT"

Looking South - Photo #3

Approach to Former Amtrak Colonie Station

Looking South - Photo #4

Amtrak Colonie Station - Platform Side

Amtrak eastbound train arriving at Colonie Station (December 1975)

Amtrak eastbound train arriving at Colonie Station (June 1977)

Amtrak westbound train arriving at Colonie Station (September 1979)

Amtrak Colonie Station (September 1979)

Amtrak Colonie Station (September 1979)

Amtrak Colonie Station (September 1979)

Amtrak Colonie Station (September 1979)

Penn Central opened Colonie Station on June 29, 1969 due to closure of Schenectady Union Station.  Colonie Station was also used for Amtrak from May 1971, but the station was closed on September 9, 1979 because new Amtrak Schenectady Station was reopened in 1978 at the site of the old Union Station.

The last Amtrak timetable showing Colonie Station (issued on July 29, 1979)

(Source: timetables.org ©1979 National Railroad Passenger Corporation)