Corning was a major station along the Erie Railroad, located on the Susquehanna Division of the main line.

The station lasted at this location until 1952, when construction of a new track bypass of Corning began.

The station served in the 1960s as a junction on the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express, the Erie Limited, the Lake Cities to Chicago and the Phoebe Snow and the Owl to Buffalo.

[9] Corning was also the terminus of the Erie Railroad's Rochester Division service to Avon in Livingston County.

[10] The last passenger train to use the Corning station was the eastbound Lake Cities, which made its final departure on January 6, 1970.