With frequent daily trains between NYC and Albany (and others that continue to Buffalo and Niagara Falls), business and leisure travel has never been easier.
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BY TRAIN: Hop on an Amtrak train from New York City's Penn Station and travel along the Hudson River to Albany, Schenectady, or Saratoga. Amtrak stops at a number of towns in this region, visit amtrak.com to find out about schedules and ticketing.
As of 2020, Texas was the U.S. state with the largest railroad mileage, reaching over 10,400 miles. It represented around 7.6 percent of the total mileage for the United States.
The A train is the longest line in the system — 31 miles, from northern Manhattan through Brooklyn to Far Rockaway in Queens. New York City Transit, the arm of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates the subways, says it is the longest subway line in the world.
Amtrak trains stop in almost all U.S. states. The exception is South Dakota, Wyoming, Hawaii and Alaska. To learn about where trains stop and where they go, view the list of Amtrak routes in each state below.