New York

State Details

See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.

Maps

New York is covered by the SPV "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Northeast .

Rail Operators

• The Long Island Railroad (operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) operates a network stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. A schematic of the network is here and a zoomable pdf of the network may be found at the bottom of this page
  

Pdf timetables can be found here.

• The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company usually referred to as Metro-North and operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, provides services in the lower Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey (in conjunction with New Jersey Transit), and Western Connecticut. A system map is here and a zoomable pdf at the bottom of this page.
  

Pdf timetables may be found here

• NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit. It operates commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centred on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark. A system map can be downloaded by clicking here.
  

A Journey planner and facility to download timetable pdfs can be found here.

Tourist Lines

• The Adirondack Railroad - formerly the Adirondack Scenic Railroad is a heritage railway serving the Adirondack Park that operates over 108-miles (174 km) of former New York Central Railroad trackage between Utica and Tupper Lake. See also Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services NY13.
• Arcade and Attica Railroad This a shortline and heritage railroad operating between Arcade and North Java, New York. Passenger excursion trains from May to October on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Passenger trains operate 7-miles (11.5 km) from Arcade to Curriers station
• Catskill Mountain Railroad. A heritage tourist railroad based in Kingston, New York which operates over 4.7-miles (7.6 km) of the former New York Central Railroad Catskill Mountain branch from Kingston to Stony Hollow, New York. In March 2024, the New York State Department of Transportation awarded the CMRR a New York State Passenger and Freight Rail grant for $667,000 to develop a Terminal at Basin Road adjacent to the Ashokan Rail Trail.
• Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad operates heritage trains for 8 miles (13 km) between Cooperstown and Milford. Note that Milford is also home to the 18 inch gauge Milford Park Railway.
• Delaware and Ulster Railroad Passenger excursion rides resumed in September 2025 with the return of fall foliage trips, operating 4-miles (6.4 km) east out of Arkville to Fleischmanns.
• Finger Lakes Rail Experience offer excursions on parts of the 167 mile (269 km) system of the Finger Lakes Railway. In September 2025 trains are running from Waterloo to Cayuga Lake. The website map shows future excursions between Cananduiga and Geneva and Seneca Falls to Auburn.

See Wikipedia

Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

None known.

See also

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