Lake Placid station explained

Lake Placid
Address:	242 Station Street, Lake Placid, New York^[1]
Platform:	1 side platform
Tracks:	2
Opened:	1904
Former:	New York Central
Other Services Header:	Former services

The Lake Placid Station is a former railroad station, built by the Delaware and Hudson Railway in Lake Placid, New York.

In the post-World War II period, the NYC's North Star train,^[2] and later, the Iroquois, provided direct sleeping car service from New York City's Grand Central Terminal to Lake Placid. During summers the NYC's Interstate Express ran sleeping cars direct from Chicago to Lake Placid via Utica.^[3] On April 24, 1965 the NYC ran its final train on the route.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. http://lakeplacidmedia.com/uploads/PDF/ADKTrain-358.pdf Adirondack Railway Preservation Society
2. New York Central timetable, April 25, 1948, Tables 2, 60 http://streamlinermemories.info/NYC/NYC48-4TT.pdf
3. Maiken, Peter. Night Trains, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989, p. 41, 368, 369. .
4. New York Central timetable, October 1964, Table 8, last timetable showing service
5. Gove, William. 'Logging Railroads in the Adirondacks,' Syracuse, NY: 2006, p. 71.