Amtrak Train Station Erie, Pennsylvania (ERI) occupies Union Station at 125 W 14th St, Erie, PA 16501, between Peach and Sassafras Streets downtown. Alfred T. Fellheimer and Steward Wagner designed it, and when it was dedicated on 3 December 1927 it was the first Art Deco railway station built in the United States. The Lake Shore Limited is the only service: two trains a day, one westbound from New York and Boston and one eastbound from Chicago. Erie is that train’s only stop in Pennsylvania, and Amtrak recorded 18,294 passengers here in fiscal year 2025, a rise of 1.4 per cent and fifteenth place among Pennsylvania stations.
Erie — Live Arrivals & Departures
Updated 8 seconds ago · Times are localErie Amtrak Station Contact Details
Erie Amtrak Station (ERI) has no ticket office and no Quik-Trak kiosk, so tickets must be bought in advance and the numbers in the table below reach Amtrak’s national centres. The waiting room opens in two blocks that follow the Lake Shore Limited, roughly 12:01 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Logistics Plus bought the building on 30 October 2003 for $1.5 million and restored it, and Amtrak now leases space inside rather than owning the station. Erie International Airport (ERI) is the nearest commercial airport and shares the station’s code.
| Station: | Erie Station |
| Station Code: | ERI |
| Contact Number: | +1 800-872-7245 |
| Lost and Found: | +1 800-872-7245 / +1 833-391-0338 |
| Police: | +1-800-331-0008 |
| Working Hours: | Waiting room daily 12:01 A.M. to 02:30 A.M and 05:00 A.M. to 07:30 A.M; no ticket office |
| Nearby Airport: | Erie International Airport (ERI) |
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Services Provided by Amtrak at ERI Station
Amtrak’s provision at Erie Station is a waiting room, accessible restrooms and vending machines, open in two blocks around the train; tickets cannot be bought on site, because no ticket office or Quik-Trak kiosk operates here, and no passenger assistance service is posted. The platforms are covered by steel canopies of the butterfly type. Accounts of reaching them differ: Amtrak lists an elevator and a wheelchair lift as available, whereas other sources describe access through a pedestrian tunnel with stairs, which would matter for anyone carrying heavy luggage.
| Restrooms — available, and accessible | Elevators — available | Ticketing office — not available; no ticket office and no Quik-Trak kiosk, so tickets must be bought in advance |
| Support for unaccompanied minors — not allowed | Baggage checking — not available | ATM — not available |
| Staff support — no passenger assistance service at this location | Bike boxes on purchase — not available | Ski Bags (on purchase) — not available |
| Baggage assistance — not available | Nearby parking lots — same-day and overnight parking available, fees may apply | Accessible platform, restroom, ticket office, seating, and water fountain — accessible platform, restrooms, waiting room and water fountain; no accessible ticket office |
| Wheelchair Lift — available | Wheelchairs — not available | Restaurants — not listed by Amtrak; vending machines on site, and a brewpub occupies part of the building |
Erie Amtrak Station Layout Map
The map below shows Union Station on West 14th Street. The building is three storeys of steel and masonry in brown brick and sandstone, with terracotta trim and granite at ground level, and its interior keeps an eight-sided rotunda, terrazzo floors and Botticino marble panelling. Amtrak uses only part of it, so the layout question at Erie is finding the waiting room and the tunnel to the platforms among several other tenants.
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Baggage & Luggage Rules
Erie Station (ERI) has no ticket office, and Amtrak lists no checked baggage service, no baggage storage, no baggage carts and no baggage assistance, so nobody is on hand to help with luggage. Allowances follow the Lake Shore Limited’s own rules. Amtrak does list an elevator and a wheelchair lift at the station, although other accounts describe the platform tunnel as having stairs.
Food, Lounges & Restrooms
Erie Station (ERI) has a waiting room, accessible restrooms and vending machines but no Amtrak lounge and no restaurant of its own. The Brewerie at Union Station, a brewpub, occupies part of the ground floor and the rotunda, and other tenants include a wine shop, a hookah lounge, a hair salon, a banquet hall and an art studio, so the building is commercially active even though Amtrak’s own provision is small and opens only around the train. The opening hours of those businesses are set by them and not by Amtrak.
How to Reach the Erie Amtrak Station
Erie Station (ERI) is on West 14th Street in downtown Erie. Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority route 20A, a downtown circulator, links the station with the city centre, but it runs only at the scheduled arrival time of the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, so it is not a general-purpose connection. Station parking is limited to ten spaces in total, five short-term and five long-term.
Nearby Airports
Erie International Airport (ERI) is the nearest commercial airport to Erie Amtrak Station and shares its three-letter code. Its scheduled service is regional, so longer air itineraries from Erie connect through larger hubs; the Lake Shore Limited itself runs west towards Cleveland and Chicago and east towards Buffalo, New York and Boston.
Hotels Near ERI Station
Downtown Erie has hotels within reach of Union Station, but this page names none, because branding and rates change and Amtrak holds no lodging arrangement at Erie Station (ERI). The Lake Shore Limited’s two daily calls fall at times that often make a room before or after the journey useful.
The Erie Amtrak Station is a restored Art Deco landmark of 1927, privately owned since 2003 and shared between Amtrak, a logistics company’s headquarters and a brewpub. Erie lost passenger rail entirely between January 1972 and 30 November 1975, when the Lake Shore Limited brought it back; that single train remains the city’s only rail service, carrying about 18,300 passengers a year.
FAQs
The Lake Shore Limited is the only route, with two trains a day. Erie is that train only stop in Pennsylvania.
No. Amtrak lists no checked baggage service, no baggage storage, no baggage carts and no baggage assistance at Erie.
Yes. Same-day and overnight parking are available and fees may apply, though the station itself has only ten spaces, five short-term and five long-term.
Not as an Amtrak facility. Amtrak lists vending machines but no restaurant. The Brewerie at Union Station, a brewpub, occupies part of the ground floor and the rotunda and sets its own hours.
Yes. The platform, restrooms, waiting room and water fountain are accessible, and an elevator and wheelchair lift are available. Amtrak lists no accessible ticket office and no wheelchair, and other accounts describe the platforms as reached by a pedestrian tunnel with stairs.
Erie International Airport (ERI) is the nearest commercial airport, and it shares the station three-letter code.
Yes, and in advance is the only option, because Erie has no ticket office and no Quik-Trak kiosk.