Depew station (Lehigh Valley Railroad)

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Coordinates: 42°54′36″N 78°41′50″W / 42.910111°N 78.697170°W / 42.910111; -78.697170
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Depew
Bird's eye view of Depew, New York, in 1898
1898 map of Depew, New York, showing the parallel lines of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and New York Central Railroad
General information
Coordinates42°54′36″N 78°41′50″W / 42.910111°N 78.697170°W / 42.910111; -78.697170
Line(s)
History
ClosedFebruary 4, 1961 (1961-02-04)[1]
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Buffalo
Terminus
 Main Line Batavia
toward New York or Jersey City
Buffalo
 Longwood
toward New York or Jersey City
Suspension Bridge
 Niagara Falls Branch Terminus

Depew station was a

Tonawanda, New York, and thence to Niagara Falls. Passengers heading for Toronto, Ontario would transfer at Depew.[2] The station also handled Canada-bound freight; replacing an interchange operation with the New York Central Railroad at Batavia.[3]

Depew was one of several stations in a tight corridor leading the Buffalo: it lay approximately 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) from the New York Central's

Transit Road (New York State Route 78), adjacent to the New York Central main line.[5][1]

Service to Depew ended on February 4, 1961, with the end of passenger service on the Lehigh Valley, the final train being the

Maple Leaf.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Donnelly, Irish (February 3, 1961). "Lehigh Valley Railroad Ending 115 Years of Passenger Service with Runs Tonight". The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. Richmond, Indiana. p. 12. Retrieved July 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Simon, Elbert (2017). "Passenger Trains of the Lehigh Valley". Passenger Train Journal. 41 (1): 38.
  3. ^ Archer 1977, pp. 135–138
  4. OCLC 6340864
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  5. ^ Domino & Wolfe 2015, p. 44
  6. ^ Archer 1977, p. 275

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