Thurman Station Association Welcomes
Saratoga & North Creek Railway
Three round trips daily through Thurman
on Thursdays through Mondays
Extra northbound trains late on Friday
July 14 through Mid-October
Visit www.sncrr.com
frequently to check for schedule updates
Reservations at 877-726-7245
Tell the agent you wish to travel SNCRR
 Day passes on the trains will enable passengers to make trips from North Creek or Thurman to Hadley, Corinth or Saratoga or any combination that fits the schedule. Want to go to New York City? Connect with Amtrak in Saratoga and leave the driving to Saratoga & North Creek Railway.
Although tickets may be purchased on board, it is highly recommended that those planning to ride call for reservations, as small stations like Thurman will be “flag stops” only (trains will not stop unless they know that passengers plan to board or leave the train—or are flagged down as they approach the station). To reserve a seat phone 877-726-7245.
THE STATION AT THURMAN The Town of Thurman dates back to the late 18th century, when frontier families established farms and cut timber for themselves and the rapidly growing fledgling nation. Local industry and the prospect of a railroad through the Adirondacks inspired the railroad's construction in the 1860s.
Thomas C. Durant brought the Adirondac branch to Thurman in 1870, and a combination passenger/freight house was built, a long, rambling structure. Within a couple more years the tracks had been extended to North Creek, even stretching to North River beyond, and the North Country had a new link to the rest of the world. In the 1940s tracks were laid from North Creek to Tahawus to enable transport of titanium.
Few remember the 1870s passenger and freight station that was torn down in 1930. It exists only in old photographs, although it is said that timbers from the station became structural members in a house in Athol, still standing today. The station was replaced by a three-sided, flat roofed shelter with clapboard siding, which remained until passenger service was suspended in 1956. Freight service ceased in the 1980s.
It was July 8, 2006 that the first passenger train in fifty years again ran through Thurman. In October of that same year, officials from Warren County and the State of New York joined together at Thurman Station to break ground for the new station.*
The Thurman Station Association was formed by a group of civic-minded residents of Thurman and nearby towns who saw the economic potential of building and managing a full-sized station at or near the original site. In addition to eventual train ticket sales, potential exists to provide for selling locally made products such as maple syrup and handicrafts, and services such as hay rides, horseback riding, canoe trips and guided hikes and historic tours. It was anticipated that the station also could serve as a distribution center for local publicity materials and a mini-museum of Thurman's railroad history, as well as a staging area for local events.
Cost overruns during the restoration of the rail line and station site development resulted in a scaling down of the planned station in Thurman, and a pavilion and paved parking area was constructed. Thurman Station Association still endeavors to make the site serve the people of Thurman and surrounding areas, and to support the railroad as it serves the people of Warren County.
*[Learn more history of the Adirondack Branch at www.adirondackbranch.net/]
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Historic view of southbound train entering
Thurman Station, at the foot of Sugarloaf Mt.
The Station, c. 1880
View of Thurman and right-of-way, across the Hudson
The 1905 bridge to Warrensburg, near
Thurman Station.
YOU CAN HELP!
Join us in
our effort! Memberships are available as follows:
Individual: $15 |
Student: $10 | Family: $25 |
Contributing: $50 Lifetime: $250
For more information and a
membership application contact:
Thurman Station Association
P.O. Box
29, Athol, NY 12810 or e-mail us at
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