Painesville station
Painesville | |||||||||||
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![]() Painesville railroad museum in 2018 | |||||||||||
Location | 475 Railroad Street Painesville, Ohio 44077 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°44′00″N 81°14′37″W / 41.7334°N 81.2436°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1893 – 1914) New York Central (1914 – 1968) Penn Central (1968 – 1976) Greyhound Lines (1971 – 1988) Conrail (1976 – 1993) Edward Dunlap (1993 – 1997) Western Reserve Railroad Ascociation (1997 – present) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Website | http://www.painesvillerailroadmuseum.org/ | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | February 1, 1893 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1971 | ||||||||||
Key dates | |||||||||||
1892 | Groundbreaking | ||||||||||
2017 | Museum Opening | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Painesville is a disused railroad depot in Painesville, Ohio. It was opened in 1893 to replace an older depot on the same line. The depot is located on Railroad Street. The depot is currently used as a railroad museum.[1]
History[]
July 1892 - Groundbreaking of the new Lake Shore depot.
February 1, 1893 - Station opens
May 1971 - Passenger service to Painesville Depot had stopped, the depot became a Greyhound Bus station until about mid 1988.
1988 - Conrail used the depot for storing signals and equipment.
1997 - The Western Reserve Railroad Association was formed to help save this historic landmark.
2002 - Ohio Historical Maker awarded[2]
2015 - City of Painesville makes Railroad Street and Depot a Historic District.
2017 - Railroad museum opens
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Painesville_LS%26MS_3.jpg/220px-Painesville_LS%26MS_3.jpg)
Painesville LS&MS station sign
References[]
- ^ "The Painesville Railroad Museum". painesvillerailroadmuseum.org. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ "Remarkable Ohio". remarkableohio.org. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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Categories:
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893
- Former railway stations in Ohio
- Former New York Central Railroad stations
- Railway stations closed in 1971
- 1893 establishments in Ohio
- 1971 disestablishments in Ohio