{"id":304286,"date":"2026-07-23T23:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304286\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:28:35","slug":"amtrak-new-york-state-fair-trains-go-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/304286\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak New York State Fair Trains Go on Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amtrak has opened ticket sales for five daily trains serving the Great New York State Fair from August 26 through September 7, giving visitors direct access to the Syracuse fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/alstom-u-s-academic-partnerships-signal-rail-shift\/img_2356\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-180973 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_2356.webp\" alt=\"New York State Fair Train Service Returns\" width=\"1200\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/a>Photo: Amtrak<br \/>\nFive trains will stop at the fairgrounds each day<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/media.amtrak.com\/2026\/07\/governor-hochul-amtrak-and-new-york-state-department-of-transportation-announce-tickets-now-on-sale-for-direct-train-service-to-great-new-york-state-fair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official service announcement<\/a>\u2060 confirms that select Empire Service and Maple Leaf trains will stop at The State Fair station, located between Rochester and Syracuse, on every day of the 13-day event. Passengers should choose destination code \u201cNYF\u201d when booking; tickets are offered only for dates when the fair is open.<\/p>\n<p>The daily schedule is:<\/p>\n<p>Maple Leaf 63 departs Moynihan Train Hall at 7:15 a.m. and arrives at 1:11 p.m.<br \/>\nMaple Leaf 64 departs Toronto at 8:20 a.m. and arrives at 2:29 p.m.<br \/>\nEmpire Service 281 departs Moynihan Train Hall at 10:20 a.m. and arrives at 4:21 p.m.<br \/>\nEmpire Service 283 departs Moynihan Train Hall at 1:20 p.m. and arrives at 7:13 p.m.<br \/>\nEmpire Service 284 departs Niagara Falls at 6:27 a.m. and arrives at 9:29 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amtrak website<\/a>\u2060, its mobile app, station ticket counters or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/amtrak-opens-ticket-sales-for-new-york-state-fair-trains\/tel:1-800-USA-RAIL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1-800-USA-RAIL<\/a>. The dedicated stop places passengers steps from the fairgrounds, while the listed trains provide direct options from New York City, Toronto and Niagara Falls, as well as intermediate communities.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/wabtec-raises-2026-guidance-as-q2-sales-reach-3-18-billion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wabtec Raises 2026 Guidance as Q2 Sales Reach $3.18 Billion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fair dates and admission details<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nysfair.ny.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Great New York State Fair<\/a>\u2060 opens Wednesday, August 26, and continues through Labor Day, Monday, September 7. Adult admission costs $8 plus fees, while entry is free for adults aged 65 and over and children aged 12 and under.<\/p>\n<p>Admission includes grounds entertainment, agricultural competitions and exhibits, and concerts at Chevy Court and Suburban Park. The fairgrounds cover 375 acres and operate throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Direct Amtrak service to the event has been offered since 2002. Passengers can use free Wi-Fi, Business Class seating and a caf\u00e9 car, while online bookings made at least five days before travel may qualify for the See NY and Save discount.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway.supply\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News on railway transport<\/a>, industry, and railway technologies from Railway Supply that you might have missed:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amtrak has opened ticket sales for five daily trains serving the Great New York State Fair from August&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6922,9,11,10,49,51,50,14144,14145,115332],"class_list":["post-304286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-amtrak","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-passenger-rail-transportation","tag-rail-transportation-in-the-united-states","tag-train-tickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}