Ashtabula station

Ashtabula was a disused Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway depot in Ashtabula, Ohio. It was built in 1901 to replace an older depot on the same line. The depot was located on West Thirty-second Street.[1]

Ashtabula
Postcard showing the station circa 1910
Coordinates41°52′33″N 80°47′33″W
Tracks2
History
Closed1971
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Saybrook
toward Chicago
 Main Line Kingsville
toward New York
Terminus Youngstown Branch Jefferson
toward Youngstown
Oil City Branch Jefferson
toward Oil City

As of 2012, the depot was used as a signal house for CSX.[2]

CSX demolished the depot by June 2018.[3]

History

Ashtabula station was within 1000 feet of the Ashtabula River railroad disaster in 1876.

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References
  1. Camp, Mark J. (2007). Railroad Depots of Northeast Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7385-5115-9. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  2. Dailey, Geno (2012). "Railfanning Conneaut & Ashtabula, OH". trainweb.org. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  3. Terry, Shelley (May 31, 2018). "Local historians saddened by loss of Ashtabula Train Depot". Star Beacon.
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