from this time until the late 1990s, bus service remained at the former train station downtown, but with the former train route converted into interstate 690 (a downtown freeway, in vogue among mid-century urban planners), rail passengers were forced to use a "temporary" structure near the freight yards in east syracuse, opened on august 29, 1962. both options proved decidedly unpopular, with the train station in particular becoming synonymous with amtrak's many woes.