Athens station (Ohio)

Athens station is a historic railroad building in Athens, Ohio, proximate to Ohio University. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1983, as the Athens B & O Train Depot. The tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad went past this site, before they were removed and the trackbed made a parking lot.

Athens, OH
Former Athens station building in 2009
General information
LocationUnited States
History
ClosedOctober 1, 1981 (1981-10-01)[1]
RebuiltOctober 30, 1976 (Amtrak)[2][3]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Chillicothe
toward Cincinnati (River Road)
 Shenandoah Parkersburg
toward Washington, D.C.
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Grosvenor
toward St. Louis
 St. Louis Line Canaanville
toward Cumberland
Athens B & O Train Depot
Athens station (Ohio) is located in Ohio
Athens station (Ohio)
Athens station (Ohio) is located in the United States
Athens station (Ohio)
LocationAthens, Ohio
Coordinates39°19′44″N 82°6′21″W
Architectural styleStick-Eastlake[4]
NRHP reference No.83001944[4]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1983[4]

This building is currently under lease to a private concern.

In most of its years of service, it was a stop on the Baltimore and Ohio's direct route between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati. It served the daily B&O trains, Diplomat (St. Louis – Jersey City, NJ) and National Limited (St. Louis – Jersey City, NJ).[5] In the last years leading to B&O's yielding routes to Amtrak in 1971, the B&O's Metropolitan (shortened and rerouted: Cincinnati – Washington, D.C.) made stops at Athens station.[6]

The station was used by Amtrak's Shenandoah (Cincinnati – Washington, D.C.), operating between 1976 and 1981.[7]

References
  1. "2 Amtrak Trains on Last Runs". The Mansfield News-Journal. October 1, 1981. p. 30. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "Large Turnout for Amtrak Inaugural". The Chillicothe Gazette. November 1, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. "Now You Can Track Down Washington During The Day". The Cincinnati Enquirer. December 9, 1976. p. 22. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  5. "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Table 42". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 86 (7). December 1953.
  6. "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 102 (12). May 1970.
  7. "Washington-Harpers Ferry-Cumberland-Cincinnati". Amtrak. October 31, 1976. Retrieved January 17, 2012.


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