Phoenicia Railroad Station

Shandaken, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Phoenicia Railroad Station is a defunct commuter railway depot in the hamlet of Phoenicia, Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, built in 1899 as a wooden frame structure in the Shingle style. Located on Lower High Street, it originally served the New York Central Railroad's Catskill Mountain Branch—which ran between Oneonta and Kingston Point—and marked the terminus of the Kaaterskill Branch, established in 1883. The station featured a single side platform with two through tracks and a yard track. Service commenced in 1870 with the opening of the Rondout and Oswego Railroad, but the line to Kaaterskill closed in 1940, with all passenger service ending in 1954. The standing depot became home to the Empire State Railway Museum in 1983 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.