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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.^[2] The former station currently is the home to Spectrum's Central New York operations.

History

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.^[3] 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?]^[3]^[4] In 2016, New York State announced plans to restore the remaining station platform located across the highway from the station.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Diddle, Fritz (2004). "Communication Station". Empire Business. p. 9. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for April 30, 2010". Weekly Listings. National Park Service. April 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anthony Opalka and Katelin Olsen (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-16. and Accompanying 19 photos, exterior and interior, from 2008 (see captions on page 31 of text document)
^ TWC Central New York / Syracuse (Contact Us)
^ "New York to spend $1.5 million to restore unused Syracuse train platform". 26 January 2016.

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New York Central Railroad Main Line stations (1914–1968)
Chicago^P Englewood^P South Chicago⁴ East Side⁴ Whiting⁵ Indiana Harbor⁵ Gary^P Millers² Dune Park² Porter²^A⁶ Chesterton⁵ Burdick⁴ Otis⁵ Durham⁴ Pinola² La Porte^P Rolling Prarie⁵ Hudson Lake² New Carlisle⁵ Terre Coupee² Lydick² South Bend^P Mishawaka⁵ Osceola²^D⁵ Elkhart^P Goshen⁵ Millersburg⁵ Ligonier⁵ Wawaka⁵ Brimfield⁵ Kendallville⁶ Corunna⁵ Waterloo^P Butler⁵ Edgerton⁵ Melbern²^D⁵ Bryan^P Stryker⁵ Archbold⁵ Pettisville⁵ Wauseon⁵ Delta⁵ Swanton⁵ Holland²^A⁵ Air Line Junction² Toledo^P Millbury Junction⁵ Martin⁴ Graytown⁴ Rocky Ridge⁴ Oak Harbor⁴ La Carne⁵ Port Clinton^P Gypsum⁴ Danbury⁴ Bay Bridge² Venice⁴ Sandusky^P Huron⁴ Ceylon⁴ Vermilion⁴ Brownhelm² Amherst⁴ Elyria^P Shawville⁵ Olmsted Falls⁵ Berea⁵ Linndale⁶ Cleveland^PA East Cleveland⁶ Nottingham⁵ Noble² Wickliffe³ Willoughby⁴ Reynolds² Mentor⁴ Heisley² Painesville^P Lane² Perry⁵ Madison⁵ Unionville⁵ Geneva⁶ Saybrook⁵ Ashtabula^P Kingsville⁴ Conneaut⁶ Springfield⁴ Lake City⁵ Fairview⁴ Swanville⁴ Erie^P Harbor Creek⁴ Moorhead² North East⁶ State Line⁴ Ripley² Forsyth² Westfield^P Portland² Brocton⁴ Van Buren² Dunkirk^P Waites Crossing² Silver Creek⁵ Irving⁴ Farnham⁴ Angola⁵ Derby⁴ North Evans⁴ Lake View⁴ Wanakah² Athol Springs⁴ Bay View⁴ Blasdell² Lackawanna² Buffalo Central^A/Buffalo Exchange Street³ East Buffalo² Forks² Depew⁴ Lancaster⁴ Dellwood³ Wende⁴ Crittenden⁴ Corfu⁴ West Batavia³ Batavia^A South Byron³ West Bergen³ Bergen³ Churchville³ Chili³ Cold Water³ Center Park² Rochester^A Brighton² East Rochester²^C⁵ Fairport⁴ North Macedon² Walworth⁴ Palmyra⁵ East Palmyra⁴ Newark⁶ Lyons⁶ Lock Berlin² Clyde⁵ Savannah⁴ Fox Ridge² North Port Byron² North Weedsport⁴ Jordan⁴ Memphis²^C⁴ Warners² Syracuse^B Minoa⁵ Kirkville²^D⁵ North Chittenango⁴ Sullivan³ Canastota⁵ Wampsville⁵ Oneida⁶ Verona⁵ Greenway⁴ Rome Oriskany⁵ Whitesboro⁴ Utica North Frankfort² North Ilion⁵ Herkimer⁶ Little Falls⁶ East Creek² St. Johnsville⁵ Fort Plain⁶ Palatine Bridge⁵ Sprakers⁴ Yosts² Fonda⁵ Tribes Hill⁵ Fort Johnson² Amsterdam⁶^P Hoffman's⁴ Schenectady^P Carman² Karner² West Albany³ Albany^P Rensselaer²^D⁵ Castleton-on-Hudson⁵ Schodack Landing⁵ Stuyvesant⁵ Newton Hook⁵ Stockport⁵ Hudson North Germantown⁵ Linlithgo³ Germantown⁵ Tivoli⁵ Barrytown⁵ Rhinecliff⁶ Staatsburgh⁵ Hyde Park⁵ Poughkeepsie Camelot²^D⁵ New Hamburg⁵ Chelsea⁵ Beacon Dutchess²^D⁵ Storm King³ Cold Spring⁵ Garrison⁵ Manitou⁵ Peekskill⁶ Croton–Harmon Ossining⁵ Tarrytown⁵ Yonkers⁶ 138th Street²^C⁵ 125th Street⁶ New York
Old Main Line – Cleveland (pre 1930)	Berea⁵ West Park³ Cleveland³ East 40th² East 55th² East 105th³ Coits² Collinwood³ Nottingham⁵
Old Main Line – Syracuse (1936-1962)	Belle Isle² Syracuse⁶ East Syracuse⁵
Old Main Line – Syracuse (pre 1936)	Belle Isle² Syracuse³ East Syracuse⁵
²Closed in 1920s ³Closed in 1930s ⁴Closed in 1940s ⁵Closed in 1950s ⁶Closed in 1960s ^PClosed by Penn Central ^AClosed by Amtrak ^CRe-opened in 1930s ^DRe-opened in 1940s Italics - bypassed station

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_station_(New_York_Central_Railroad)

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