Posted on 03/21/2018 8:07:31 AM PDT by rochester
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - Amtrak says it will be renaming the newly-renovated train station in Rochester after the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.
The full name of the Rochester Intermodal Station will become the Louise M. Slaughter Intermodal Station in Rochester.
The announcement was made Wednesday morning by Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. The two were among several lawmakers at the local, state and national level who made the case for Slaughter to be the namesake for the train station.
Last week, Schumer and Gillibrand in a letter to Amtrak said, renaming the train station is fitting for such an individual who busted through every bureaucratic hurdle and was solely responsible for securing the necessary federal funding for a train station that will strengthen Rochester’s economy and help residents travel more safely and reliably throughout the region.
“To Louise everyone in her district – whether they were Democrats or Republicans – she treated like her family," Schumer said in a statement. "That’s just the type of person Louise was...One of Louise’s most significant accomplishments was delivering the federal funding that made the Rochester Train Station a reality."
The Democratic Congresswoman was on hand on October 5, 2017 for the grand opening of the new train station. Slaughter helped to bring in $15 million in federal funding to make the train station renovation a reality.
Amtrak will work with the City of Rochester and State of New York on the details of the naming, commemorative plaque and funding for the train station's naming.
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“Slaughter Station.” Maybe Planned Butcherhood can set up a branch office there.
I grew up in Rochester. My Dad worked for the NY Central Railroad. We were able to ride for free on the train, and our family sometimes took day trips to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. I remember the old train station that had been built in 1914. It was beautiful. I can still remember the gorgeous mosaic fountain it had. They tore it down in 1965 and made a parking lot. I haven't lived in Rochester since 1971, and hadn't realized they'd built a new station last year. I just looked at pictures of it. You're right...it's deserves the name Slaughter.
.. I was gonna say ! That station could have been called that for decades.
Enos Slaughter was pretty good.
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