Empire Service (train)

Empire Service (train)

The Empire Service is a train service operated by Amtrak within the state of New York in the United States. Trains on the line provide frequent daily service along the 460-mile (740 km) Empire Corridor between New York City and Niagara Falls, New York. Service on the line is supplemented by Metro-North Railroad, a major New York City based commuter train network operating across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with the northern terminus of its Hudson Line at the Poughkeepsie station.

During fiscal year 2011, the Empire Service carried over one million passengers on the line between New York and Albany, while services between Albany and Toronto, including the Maple Leaf and Lake Shore Limited carried an additional 400,000 people. Ridership on both sections of the Empire Service's line increased from FY2010, by 4% and 5% respectively. Ticket revenue on the New York-Albany section was $40,077,158, while revenue on the Albany-Toronto route was $23,406,596.