page_title: Albany–Rensselaer station
section_title: Amtrak
hierarchical_section_title: Albany–Rensselaer station / Transportation services / Amtrak
caption_attribution_description: English: The view from the parking deck over the platforms to downtown Albany.
context_page_description: Rensselaer Rail Station, signed as Albany–Rensselaer on its platforms, is a train station in Rensselaer, New York, located 1.5 miles from downtown Albany across the Hudson River. Operated by the Capital District Transportation Authority, it serves as Amtrak's primary station for the Capital District. To emphasize the station's location across the river from Albany, as well as to distinguish from the Rensselaer station in Indiana, Amtrak refers to the station as "Albany–Rensselaer."
  It is served by Amtrak's Empire Corridor routes, including the Lake Shore Limited, whose Boston and New York sections diverge at the station.
  As of 2018 it was Amtrak's ninth-busiest station, as well as the busiest to serve a metro area with a population smaller than 2 million–a distinction it has held since at least 2010. This is primarily due to the large number of passengers who commute to and from New York City.
context_section_description: The station's busiest route is the Empire Service, with seven round trips to New York City, five of which originate and terminate here. It is the descendant of the New York Central's express trains running along the eastern leg of the famed "Water Level Route" to Chicago. 
  With the exception of the Boston branch of the Lake Shore Limited, all trains have southbound service to Penn Station in New York City.
  Adirondack to Montreal
  Empire Service: all trains to New York (via Hudson, Rhinecliff, Poughkeepsie, Croton-on-Hudson, Yonkers); most northbound trains terminate here; two trains per day continue to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
  Ethan Allen Express to Rutland, Vermont
  Lake Shore Limited to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago
  New York Branch (Train 48/49): Poughkeepsie, Croton-on-Hudson, New York (Penn Station)
  Boston Branch (Train 448/449): Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, Framingham, Boston (Back Bay), Boston (South Station)
  Maple Leaf to Toronto
  Southbound, most non-Empire Service trains swap out a diesel GE P42DC locomotive for a diesel-electric P32AC-DM, since diesel locomotives have long been barred from Penn Station. The P42DC is readied for a train coming northbound from New York City.
caption: Two Amtrak trains at Albany-Rensselaer station, as viewed from the parking deck over the platforms
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