Empire Service

The Empire Service connects New York, NY and Niagara Falls, NY on the route operated by Amtrak, calling at 15 stations.

Route guide

The Empire Service is a regional intercity service operated by Amtrak, running between Moynihan Train Hall and Niagara Falls and calling at 15 stations. Which stations a route calls at, and the agency that operates it, come from the operator's published schedule feed.

What to watch for: The Hudson River from Yonkers to Albany — a roughly 140-mile run with the Palisades, the Tappan Zee Bridge, the Catskills, and the river itself nearly continuously in view.

Stops along the route

Stations are listed in the order the operating agency's schedule feed records them. Stop sequencing depends on the specific train; refer to the operator's timetable for departures.

• Moynihan Train Hall — New York, NY NYP
• Yonkers — Yonkers, NY YNY
• Croton-Harmon — Croton-on-Hudson, NY CRT
• Poughkeepsie — Poughkeepsie, NY POU
• Rhinecliff–Kingston — Rhinecliff, NY RHI
• Hudson — Hudson, NY HUD
• Albany–Rensselaer — Rensselaer, NY ALB
• Schenectady — Schenectady, NY SDY
• Amsterdam — Amsterdam, NY AMS
• Utica Union Station — Utica, NY UCA
• Syracuse — Syracuse, NY SYR
• Rochester, NY — Rochester, NY ROC
• Buffalo–Depew — Depew, NY BUF
• Buffalo–Exchange Street — Buffalo, NY BFX
• Niagara Falls — Niagara Falls, NY NFL

Connections & transfers