Mars Station

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Mars
Station statistics
Address	Brickyard Road Mars, PA 16046
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Other information
Opened	1897
Rebuilt	2000 - present
Accessible
Owned by	Mars Area History & Landmark Society

The Mars Station in Mars, Pennsylvania, was constructed in 1897 by the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad which was under the control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the time.

For nearly fifty years, the station served the community by helping to transport freight and passengers in the area. The station is located halfway between the cities of Pittsburgh, and Butler.

[edit] History

During the 1920s, a freight train derailed and crashed into the station, which knocked it off its foundation. The station would eventually be repaired. A few years later, residents gathered around the station and tracks to witness President Warren G. Harding's funeral train passing by on its way to Washington, D.C. The station closed down in the early 1960s, and it would sit vacant for nearly four decades.

In 2000, the Mars Historical Society purchased the station, and through many donations it was relocated and restored at a new site in the borough. The station is now in the process of becoming a museum. According to Railpace Newsmagazine, the Mars station is the last station still standing on the P&W Subdivision.^[1]

In 2006, the Mars Train Station was featured on The History Channel as part of the Save Our History program.

[edit] References

1. ^ Wagner, Todd V.: "Fresh Paint", page 19. Railpace Newsmagazine, September, 2006