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Rhinecliff-Kingston
Amtrak station |
View looking south down platforms from road overpass to former ferry landing. |
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Hutton and Charles Streets
Rhinecliff, NY 12574 |
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| Passengers (2007) |
160,929 ▲ 3% |
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The Rhinecliff-Kingston Amtrak station, commonly and formerly known as simply Rhinecliff, serves the residents of northern Dutchess County, New York (in the town of Rhinebeck and the nearby area of Kingston, New York across the Hudson River. The station features one low-level island platform that services two tracks. There is also an unused second platform. Both platforms are connected with an overpass.
Rhinecliff station is somewhat popular with owners of weekend homes in the area as well as some commuters who prefer Amtrak's service to that of Metro-North's out of Poughkeepsie. The combination of these two categories of riders, in addition to the proximity of Bard College and its students, made Rhinecliff the forty-sixth-busiest Amtrak station in 2004 with 86,466 boardings that year.[1] At times, it has been discussed to extend Metro-North service to Rhinecliff, however past community opposition and track ownership issues have stalled action on such plans.
Though the station's name implies an easy connection to Kingston and vicinity, only taxicabs serve the station from Kingston. However, it is the closest station to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge. The next-closest Hudson River crossings are in Hudson, about 30 minutes north; and Poughkeepsie, approximately the same distance to the south.
Original station building, still in use.
The station building was built by the New York Central Railroad in the early 20th century in the Mission-Spanish Revival style similar to the next station down the line at Hyde Park. Like much of the hamlet of Rhinecliff, it is a contributing property to the Hudson River Historic District.
[edit] Amtrak Service
All trains heading southbound from Rhinecliff-Kingston terminate at Penn Station in New York City, while all northbound trains stop at Hudson and Albany-Rensselaer before diverting.
- Adirondack to Montreal
- Empire Service to Poughkeepsie, Westchester County (Croton-on-Hudson/Yonkers) and New York or Schenectady, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls
- Ethan Allen Express to Rutland or New York
- Maple Leaf to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and Toronto or New York
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