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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 17 March 2018 - 10:40 AM

Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle, 3/17/18:

 


 

Proposal: Name Rochester's train station after Louise Slaughter

 

 

A new proposal seeks to name the Rochester's Amtrak train station after the late U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter.

 

 

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Posted 22 March 2018 - 09:29 AM

WHEC-TV, Channel 10 in Rochester, NY, 3/21/18:

 

 


 

Amtrak will rename train station after Louise Slaughter

 

 

The Rochester train station will be renamed after Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday morning.

 

 

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Posted 22 March 2018 - 11:42 AM

Amtrak news release:

 
Amtrak to Name Rochester Station in Honor of Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter
 

March 21, 2018

 
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WASHINGTON – In honor of the late Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter, Amtrak will be naming the Rochester Station as a dedication to her career in public service and commitment to leading several projects in the Northern New York area, including the station’s development.

 

“Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter was an incredible public servant, and Amtrak and rail supporter, who was instrumental in leading numerous rail improvement projects across New York, including the development and funding of our new Rochester Station. To celebrate her legacy and impact on the station, City of Rochester, and State of New York, we are pleased to announce that we will be naming Rochester Station in her honor through a commemorative plaque at the station or other appropriate means,” said Amtrak Board Chair Anthony R. Coscia.

 

“I applaud Amtrak for listening to our call to rename the new Rochester train station in honor of Congresswoman Slaughter. Congresswoman Slaughter was a larger than life figure who worked tirelessly to secure federal funding and make this project a reality. I am proud that this shining beacon of Rochester’s revitalization will bear the name of a leader who was integral to making it happen – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter,” said New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

 

The intermodal Rochester Station opened in October 2017, the result of nearly 15 years of visioning and planning by several stakeholders, including Congresswoman Slaughter, who secured a $15 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for the work.

 

As requested by Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Governor Cuomo, and former Mayor and Lieutenant Governor Duffy, Amtrak will work to name the station in the coming months. Amtrak will work with the City of Rochester and State of New York on the details of the naming, commemorative plaque and necessary funding for these efforts.

 

The Rochester Station is one of the busiest Amtrak stops in the state, serving more than 127,000 passenger trips last year. The Empire Service, Lake Shore Limited and Maple Leaf trains all make stops at the station.

 

The Rochester Station will be the second Amtrak Station named for a member of Congress. In 2014, legislation was passed to rename Philadelphia 30th Street Station after the late Congressman William H. Gray III, and Amtrak is actively working with Representative Gray’s family and others on plans to implement this change in the coming months.

 

 

Related:  Bill introduced to rename Philadelphia 30th ST Station



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Posted 22 March 2018 - 11:52 AM

"Slaughter Station", only politicians would do this.



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Posted 22 March 2018 - 12:16 PM

I think it's just a formality. I would not expect the new name to stick, among locals or travelers, just as Biden in Wilmington or Gray at Philly 30th Street are rarely if ever used.


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Posted 22 March 2018 - 04:22 PM

I think it's just a formality. I would not expect the new name to stick, among locals or travelers, just as Biden in Wilmington or Gray at Philly 30th Street are rarely if ever used.

 

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Last paragraph of the Amtrak news release:

The Rochester Station will be the second Amtrak Station named for a member of Congress. In 2014, legislation was passed to rename Philadelphia 30th Street Station after the late Congressman William H. Gray III, and Amtrak is actively working with Representative Gray’s family and others on plans to implement this change in the coming months

 



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Posted 23 March 2018 - 10:18 AM

What I am saying is that even though they can throw a name on the outside of a building, the public and the media likely will not embrace it.    Especially since the new transportation center in Rochester sits in the footprint of the old station, people are going to still call it the Amtrak station.  Likewise in Philadelphia, the folks hold 30th Street Station (itself going through some renovations but not replacement) in their minds and they are not going to embrace the name Gray Station, even if it says such on the door when they enter the building.  The corner of Market & 30th Streets will still be outside the building.



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Posted 31 March 2019 - 04:38 PM

Progressive Railroading, 3/27/19:

 


 

Amtrak names New York station in honor of late congresswoman

 

 

 

Amtrak has dedicated and renamed its train station in Rochester, New York, after the late U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), a longtime Amtrak supporter.

 

 

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