Youngstown
General information
Location112 West Commerce Street
Youngstown, Ohio
Coordinates41°06′07″N 80°39′01″W / 41.10182°N 80.65014°W / 41.10182; -80.65014
Owned byErie Railroad (1922–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1976)
Conrail (1976–19??)
LY Property Management (present)
Line(s)Main Line (Mahoning Division)
Other information
Station code5517[1]
History
Opened1922; 102 years ago (1922)[2]
ClosedJanuary 14, 1977; 47 years ago (January 14, 1977)
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Girard
toward Chicago
 Main Line Hubbard
toward Jersey City
Girard
toward Cleveland
 Cleveland – Youngstown Terminus
Brier Hill
toward Cleveland
 Mahoning Division
before 1905
 Valley Mill
toward Shenango
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Terminus Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Main Line
 West Pittsburg
toward Pittsburgh
Youngstown (NYC)
toward Pittsburgh
Erie Terminal Building--Commerce Plaza Building
ArchitectPaul Boucherle
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.86001914[3]
Added to NRHPJuly 23, 1986

Youngstown was a station along the Erie Railroad and later the Erie-Lackawanna Railway, from 1922 to 1977 in Youngstown, Ohio. All railroad tracks behind the terminal have been removed, and the building is currently known as Erie Terminal Place, alternative student housing for students attending Youngstown State University.[4]

Passenger train services

The station into the 1960s served several long distance Erie-Lackawanna trains (each, former Erie Railroad trains) on the road's Hoboken, New Jersey–Chicago, Illinois circuit: the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express, the Erie Limited, the Lake Cities.[5][6] [7] The final run of the Lake Cities, the last of these trains after 1965, was in January 1970. [8]

The Erie-Lackawanna, and then, Conrail, continued commuter rail services between Cleveland Union Terminal and Youngstown. Conrail ended this service on January 14, 1977.[9]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Baggage Department. Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Ohio Historic Places Dictionary - Volume 2. State History Publications, LLC. p. 946. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. ^ "Erie Terminal Place". LY Property Management. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ Erie Railroad timetable, April 27, 1958, Tables 1, 4
  6. ^ Erie Lackawanna timetable, October 29, 1961, Table 1
  7. ^ "Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Tables 1, 3". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 96 (1). June 1963.
  8. ^ "'Lake Cities Makes Last Run'". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. January 6, 1970. p. 6. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  9. ^ Reiss, George R. (January 15, 1977). "Cleveland Commuter Dies With Fanfare". The Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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