The Lancaster AMTRAK Train Station Improvement project to renovate and improve the historic train station that was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1929 has undergone a ten year development process.

In 2003, Lancaster County hired Cooper Carry, a New York City architectural firm to design the improvements in collaboration with AMTRAK. The County was the lead agency through the design phase but the County’s Transportation Authority will assume the lead during the construction phase, as construction manager.

Other organizations/agencies involved in this project include AMTRAK, PennDOT, Red Rose Transit Authority, Lancaster County Transportation Authority (and their consultant KCI Technologies).

The project will cost $12 million, with 97% of the funding coming from state and federal sources. Improvements will include:

•  Increased parking
•  Rehabilitation of building interior and exterior
•  New Heating/Ventilation and Air Conditioning System
•  More attractive landscaping
•  New Trailways waiting/ticketing area
•  Retail and visitor information kiosk in main lobby of first floor
•  Retail and meeting room space on second floor

Thanks in part to improvements in AMTRAK service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, ridership on the Keystone Corridor has grown more than 62 percent since 2002. Over 1,000 passengers use this train station daily to board and alight from trains and Trailways buses. These much needed improvements will help make Lancaster more accessible to commuters, visitors and the business community.