Empire Corridor

The Empire Corridor is a term used to refer to the approximately railroad corridor between Niagara Falls, New York and New York City, including the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady and Albany. Amtrak's Empire Service and Maple Leaf serve the entire length of this corridor, and the Maple Leaf continues to Toronto. The Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line provides commuter rail service between Poughkeepsie, New York and Grand Central Terminal. The corridor is also one of ten federally designated high-speed rail corridors in the United States.