Editing OnTrack (section)

==Route==
[[Image:Syracuse OnTrack map.png|thumb|right|Map of OnTrack service, showing the unfinished extension to Walsh Transportation Center. [[Amtrak]] service shown in gray.]]
The OnTrack route starts at Destiny USA in the north, and runs along the south shore of [[Onondaga Lake]] and under [[Interstate 690 (New York)|I-690]] before turning southeast through the Westside neighborhoods of Syracuse, roughly paralleling Erie Boulevard. It passes directly through downtown Syracuse near [[Armory Square]], turning south along [[Onondaga Creek]], then through the Southside and under [[Interstate 81|I-81]] where it skirts the west side of the [[Syracuse University]] campus and [[Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)|Oakwood Cemetery]] to Colvin Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuseontrack.com/map-x.htm|title=OnTrack Route Map: City Express Service|publisher=Syracuse OnTrack|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617215300/http://www.syracuseontrack.com/map-x.htm|archive-date=2006-06-17|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|title=The National Map|cartography=U.S. Geological Survey|url=https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref> The line then turns east through rolling countryside along [[Interstate 481 (New York)|I-481]], leaving the city of Syracuse, and then south again towards [[Jamesville, New York|Jamesville]] and along the western shore of [[Jamesville Reservoir]] to [[Jamesville Beach Park]]. Within Syracuse, the line passes through a mix of residential, commercial, retail and light industrial areas; south of Brighton Avenue and the city limits it traverses mostly undeveloped rural land.<ref name="Rail Inventory"/>

The entire line north of Jamesville is [[Grade separation|grade-separated]], and in downtown Syracuse most of the line is elevated. The line is single-tracked with passing sidings at Armory Square (old Downtown station) and Jamesville. The section south of Syracuse University was only used by special excursion trains, although in 1999 when parts of [[Interstate 81]] were temporarily closed for construction, the federal government briefly subsidized free commuter service between Jamesville and downtown.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index.ssf/1999/05/ontrack_with_part_of_interstate_shut_down_a_more_relaxing_take_on_a_morning_comm.html|title=Ontrack: With interstate shut down, a more relaxing kind of morning commute|work=Syracuse.com|author=Kirst, Sean|date=1999-05-28|access-date=2017-07-16}}</ref> Only four of the stations (Carousel Center, Armory Square, Syracuse University and the unfinished station at Alliance Bank Stadium) had covered platforms. The regular fare was $1.50,<ref name="City Express Schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuseontrack.com:80/sched-x.htm|title=OnTrack City Express Schedule|publisher=Syracuse OnTrack|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404085149/http://www.syracuseontrack.com/sched-x.htm|archive-date=2005-04-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the fare for the Orange Express was $4 (from Armory Square) or $5 (from Carousel Center).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syracuseontrack.com:80/sched-o.htm|title=OnTrack Orange Express Schedule|publisher=Syracuse OnTrack|access-date=2017-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617215341/http://www.syracuseontrack.com/sched-o.htm|archive-date=2006-06-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===List of stations===
{|class="wikitable" border="1"
!Name
!Miles (km) from [[William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center|RTC]]<ref>Distance measured using [[Google Earth]].</ref>
!Type
!Description
!Photo
!Current owners
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|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|'''''[[Central New York Regional Market]]'''''
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|n/a
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|n/a
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|Regional farmer's market. Planned, but never built.
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|n/a
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|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|'''''Alliance Bank Stadium ([[NBT Bank Stadium]])'''''
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|0.46<br>(0.74)
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|Covered platform
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|Home of the [[Syracuse Chiefs]] [[minor league baseball]] team. Built but never opened. Demolished in 2022.
|[[File:Abandoned Ontrack Station Outside Syracuse Mets Stadium.jpg|thumb|Alliance Bank (now NBT) Stadium Station in 2017]]
|Station demolished, property owned by NBT Bank
|-
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|'''''[[William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center]]'''''
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|0.00
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|Covered platform
|bgcolor="#F5F5DC"|Connections to [[Amtrak]], [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], [[Trailways]] and local [[Central New York Regional Transportation Authority|Centro]] buses. A dedicated, fully covered platform and link to the transportation center was completed, but never connected to the rest of the system.
|[[Image:Pedestrian_passage_and_OnTrack_trackbed_at_Syracuse_station,_July_2016.jpg|thumb|right|A section of incomplete track at the [[William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center]], which had been built for OnTrack trains but never connected to the line]]
|Intermodal Transportation Center, Inc, a subsidiary of Centro
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|'''Carousel Center ([[Destiny USA]])'''
|0.59<br>(0.95)
|Covered platform
|New York's largest [[shopping mall]].
|[[File:Destiny USA Ontrack Station.jpg|thumb|Destiny USA Ontrack Station in 2018]]
|Pyramid Group, owners of [[Destiny USA]]
|-
|'''600 Erie Place'''
|3.30<br>(5.31)
|[[Flag stop]], no platform
|For the [[Westside, Syracuse|Westside]] neighborhood. 
|[[File:600 Erie Place Station.jpg|thumb|600 Erie Place Flag Stop Station in 2016]]
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|-
|'''[[Armory Square]] - [[Downtown Syracuse]]'''
|3.84<br>(6.18)
|Covered platform
|Elevated station on Armory Square, a major nightlife area with many small shops and restaurants, and close to downtown jobs.
|[[File:Armory Square Station.jpg|thumb|Two trains servicing the armory square station, an express, and an orange ]]
|Platform is still owned by [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|NYSW]]; the building is owned by a private company and was once the [[Syracuse station (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad)|DL&W Depot]].
|-
|'''[[Syracuse University]] - [[Carrier Dome]]'''
|5.01<br>(8.07)
|Covered platform
|Serving the [[University Hill, Syracuse|University Hill]] neighborhood, about a quarter-mile (0.4 km) from Carrier Dome. Final destination for the Orange Express.
|[[File:Syracuse University Carrier Dome Station - Abandoned 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Syracuse University - Carrier Dome station in 2013]]
|[[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|NYSW]]
|-
|'''Colvin Street'''
|5.66<br>(9.11)
|Open platform
|For the [[Brighton, Syracuse|Brighton]] and [[Outer Comstock]] neighborhoods. City Express trains only served this stop if called.<ref name="City Express Schedule"/>
|[[File:Colvin Street Station Stairs.jpg|thumb|The stairs to enter the Colvin Street platform. No physical platform is left.]]
|Stairs are owned by the [[Syracuse, New York|City of Syracuse]]; platform is owned by [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|NYSW]].
|-
|'''Rock Cut Road''' (seasonal)
|9.88<br>(15.91)
|Flag stop, no platform
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|'''[[Jamesville, New York|Jamesville Village]]''' (seasonal)
|10.69<br>(17.21)
|Flag stop, no platform
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|Track owned by NYSW; station that serviced the flag stop is owned by the town.
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|'''[[Jamesville Beach Park|Jamesville Beach]]''' (seasonal)
|12.39<br>(19.95)
|Open platform
|Popular swimming and boating area along [[Jamesville Reservoir]].
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