Scranton station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, was the western terminus of the Central Railroad of New Jersey line, 192 miles (309 km) from its base of operations in Jersey City, New Jersey. Located on West Lackawanna Avenue, over the Lackawanna River from downtown Scranton, near Steamtown National Historic Site, it is to be distinguished from the other legacy Scranton station, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Scranton Station, where service persisted to January 6, 1970.[2]

Scranton
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station
Vacant station building in 2007
General information
Location602 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA
Coordinates41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W
Line(s)Central Railroad of New Jersey:
Lehigh and Susquehanna Division
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Terminus Main Line Wilkes-Barre
toward Jersey City
Taylor
toward Jersey City
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Freight Station
Built1891
ArchitectWilson Bros.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.79002250[1]
Added to NRHP1979

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Additional passenger train stations in Scranton were those of the Delaware and Hudson Railway and the Erie Railroad.[3]

History and architectural features

Built in 1891 in a Romanesque Revival style, it was at first an unusual instance of a freight terminal being more visually striking than its corresponding passenger terminal. The station was a site for trains from the south, from Allentown via Wilkes-Barre and Jim Thorpe. Through trains (such as the Philadelphia Flyer (Scranton-Allentown-Philadelphia) and the Scranton Flyer, making the northbound trip, or connections were available at Allentown for Jersey City and Philadelphia.[4]

Service ended at some point between 1950 and 1954.[5][6] When the railroad shut down its Pennsylvania operations in 1972, during bankruptcy proceedings, the terminal was closed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which took it over, and has remained unused since that time.[7]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4., 145–149
  3. "Index of Railroad Stations, 1480". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 74 (1). June 1941.
  4. "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 74 (1). June 1941.
  5. "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 82 (8). January 1950.
  6. "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 87 (7). December 1954.
  7. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John T. Cognetti (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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