Erie Railroad Depot (Rochester, New York)

ROCHESTER

Erie Railroad Depot, 1908
Location between the Genesee River and Exchange Street on the south side of Court St., Rochester, New York
U.S.
Coordinates 43°09′11″N 77°36′37″W / 43.1530°N 77.6102°W / 43.1530; -77.6102Coordinates: 43°09′11″N 77°36′37″W / 43.1530°N 77.6102°W / 43.1530; -77.6102
Line(s) Erie Railroad
History
Opened 1887[1]
Closed 1941 (demolished 1947)
Electrified 1907[2]
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
Mortimer
toward Avon
Rochester Branch (electrified)Terminus

Erie Railroad Depot, Erie Railroad Station or Erie Depot was the terminal station for the Erie Railroad in Rochester, New York, designed by George E. Archer, the railroad's architect.[3][4] The station opened in 1887 between the Genesee River and Exchange Street on the south side of Court St. The station was one of the Erie's few electrified railroad stations,[5] and was one of the first stations to provide electric commuter services in 1907.[2] In 1905 the Lehigh Valley Railroad Station opened directly across the Genesee River from the Erie Depot.

Following the economically difficult years of the Great Depression, passenger service terminated in 1941.[6] The station was demolished in 1947.[7] The area has become a parking lot for the Blue Cross Arena.

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References

  1. ↑ "Rochester’s (inspiring) Old Railroad Stations". Rochester Subway. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Rochester-Mount Morris Electrification".
  3. ↑ Berg, Walter G. (1893), "Passenger Depot at Rochester, NY New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad", Buildings and Structures of American Railroads (John Wiley and Sons), pp. 389–390, retrieved May 23, 2015
  4. ↑ "Erie's Rochester Branch" (PDF). The Semiphore. Vol. 52 (7). April 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lawrence, Scot (October 25, 2006). "Railroad History of Rochester, New York". Scot's Train Pages. Rochester, New York. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Erie Railroad Time Table - Effective September 29, 1940". Erie Railroad. Chicago, Illinois: The Cuneo Press Incorporated. September 29, 1940. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Erie's Rochester to Mt. Morris Electrification Image Gallery – 20 of 24". Hudson, Ohio: Erie Lackawanna Historical Society. 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
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