Letter to Senator Gillebrand on restoring service on Amtrak Line

Dear Senator Gillebrand,

http://stuyvesantstation.blogspot.com/

The above link is for  the blog of The Committee to Restore Passenger Train Service to Historic Stuyvesant Station.

Stuyvesant Train Station in Northern Columbia County, NY is exactly half way between the Albany Amtrak station and the Hudson Amtrak station.

The Hudson Amtrak station on Fridays and Sundays is over capacity, with all of the weekenders who use it.  Half of those weekenders commute, ie drive, from Northern Columbia county.

We would like bring Amtrak service, even if limited, back to this Historic Stuyvesant Station.
When amtrak was created, Amtrak ridership studies did not support a stop at this station, this was over 40 years ago.

Northern Columbia County now has many weekend homes, and homes of people who commute to NYC on a daily basis for work.

Passenger service at The Stuyvesant station would save residents of northern Columbia County a very long drive to get to the Hudson or Albany train stations, when commuting to New York or Albany or Picking up the many weekend Visitors & guests who now come to Columbia county.

I know there is talk about speeding up the trains on the Amtrak Empire Line, but what would provide even better service to the residents of New York and the Hudson Valley would be to add one more stop at Stuyvesant.

An Amtrak stop at Stuyvesant Station would create more jobs in Columbia County and Stuyvesant, and it woud increase Tourism.

Stuyvesant Station is 20 to 30 min closer than Hudson Station, to the many beautiful Bed & Breakfast & Inns in the towns of northern Columbia County; Kinderhook, Stuyvesant, Chatham, Ghent.

The Historic station is there, the tracks are there, now we only need Amtrak to stop at least 2 times a day in each direction. Morning and evening.

This would save commuting time, gas, energy, money. It would add ridership to Amtrak, thus better supporting environmentally friendly transportation.