Stuyvesant Landing hosts a new farmer's market at the Historic Stuyvesant Railroad Station

Stuyvesant Farmer's Market on the River

Now through the end of summer, Friday evenings, 4:00 p.m. to dusk
Stuyvesant Farmer's Market Combines Friday Evening River Gazing with Local Farmers/Artisans

Beginning on Friday, June 16, Stuyvesant Landing hosts a new farmer's market at the Historic Stuyvesant Railroad Station. The market will be held on Friday evenings throughout the summer from 4 p.m. until dusk. Several local providers have already signed up and shoppers will be able to "set their tables" from available produce, local dairy products, homemade baked goods and other local products. The market will also have plants in flats and baskets and other specialty items like goat's milk soaps.

"We are welcoming any local producer," says Marilyn Burch, who has organized this new venue. "There is no booth charge or mark-up and we have customers waiting at the door. We've talked it up quite a bit and we expect that there'll be a good crowd to start and a bigger crowd as people hear about it. People are very enthusiastic about this market from what we've been hearing."

Across the street from the market, the Riverview Café will be serving their usual Friday night dinners. Those unfamiliar with Riverview Café's Friday night dinners will definitely want to make a full evening of it.

The Stuyvesant Railroad Station Restoration Committee came up with the idea for a Farmer's Market discussing ways to use the train station. "One day, our train station will be fully back to life," says committee chair, Ken Hummel. "Until then we want to find interesting ways to use the station and let people know we have this historic treasure."

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.

Brief History Of The Stuyvesant Passenger Train Station

The Stuyvesant Station

"The station was probably built about 1900, according to Virginia Martin, a member of the restoration committee. The previous frame structure had burned in the fire of 1880, which destroyed many buildings in the community.

“Today the little station, which like Hudson’s and Chatham’s is on the National Historic Register, remains fairly intact with a ticket window and what is probably the original woodwork.”Ms.Martin stated.

“The restoration commit- tee has worked endlessly,” said Ms. Martin, “to raise funds to provide for the restoration of the north wall which had almost completely fallen away following a chim- ney collapse.”

“We definitely want it self- supporting” said Ms. Martin. “The town owns the structure after being awarded a  $211,000 federal grant in 1996 to cover part of the rehabilitation project,” she said.The committee has already replaced the slate roof and painted the restored roof canopy in a shade of blue that was original to the station.

One of the station’s most historic moments came in April 1865, when a train carry- ing the body of slain President Abraham Lincoln stopped at Stuyvesant to allow towns- people to pay their respects to their martyred President."

Columbia County Historical Society

Stuyvesant Station, c 2005

As you see the Amtrak rails are still just beside the station.

It would take very little to restore limited passenger service to this station, serving Northern Columbia County residents, with service to New York and Albany. Especially now that there are so many who commute to Manhattan on a daily or weekly basis.

Please contact you Congressman and Senator to support restoring passenger service to historic Stuyvesant Station, by adding one stop to the Amtrak empire line.

http://gillibrand.senate.gov/

"With Summer Vacations Nearing And Tourism Still Lagging, Senator Gillibrand Unveils New Effort To Promote Tourism In The Region"  

What better way to Promote tourism than to add train stops up the Hudson Valley

The Committee to Bring Amtrak Service to Stuyvesant Station