Plattsburgh station is an

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intercity train station in

Plattsburgh, New York Plattsburgh ( moh, Tsi ietsénhtha) is a city in, and the seat of, Clinton County, New York, United States, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 19,841 at the 2020 census. The population of the surrounding ...

. The station is served by one daily round trip on the '' Adirondack''. It has one low-level

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on the west side of the single track of the

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Canadian Subdivision. The Plattsburgh station was opened in 1886, previously used as a

Delaware and Hudson Railway The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) is a railroad that operates in the Northeastern United States. In 1991, after more than 150 years as an independent railroad, the D&H was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). CP operates D&H ...

Depot, and was designed by Albany architects

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, in the

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style. It was listed on the

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on November 12, 1982 as the D & H Railroad Complex.Clinton County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
/ref> Currently Amtrak only uses a small office downstairs at track level while the above space holds law offices, a media production business, and financial investment offices.

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Plattsburgh Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
Amtrak stations in New York (state) Former Delaware and Hudson Railway stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Transportation buildings and structures in Clinton County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886 National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, New York {{NewYork-railstation-stub

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