Akron station (Amtrak)
Akron, OH | ||||||||||||||
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 Former Akron Amtrak station. | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | 96 East Bowery Street, Akron, Ohio | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°04′48″N 81°30′56″W / 41.08000°N 81.51556°W | |||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (former) | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Station code | AKO | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 10, 1990 August 10, 1998 | |||||||||||||
| Closed | September 10, 1995 March 7, 2005 | |||||||||||||
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Akron station is a former Amtrak station located at Quaker Square in Akron, Ohio. The station was served by Amtrak passenger trains during the 1990s and 2000s.
History
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The former Akron Union Station, slightly to the south, was closed in 1971 when Amtrak did not include a Washington-Chicago train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) as part of its initial route structure.[1] On November 10, 1990, the Broadway Limited was rerouted from the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Fort Wayne Line to the ex-B&O. Union Station had been reused by the University of Akron; Amtrak used part of the former platform and constructed a modular station building at Quaker Square.[2]
The New York-Chicago Broadway Limited was replaced with the New York-Pittsburgh Three Rivers on September 10, 1995, ending service to Akron.[1] The Three Rivers was extended to Chicago through Akron on November 10, 1996; however, Amtrak and the city disagreed over who would pay for necessary repairs to the station.[2] Akron station reopened on August 10, 1998 – the last of several ex-Broadway stops to be restored.[3]: 35 The Three Rivers was cut back to Pittsburgh as the Pennsylvanian on March 7, 2005, ending service to Akron again.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Sanders, Craig (2007). Akron Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 9780738541419. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2018-10-13 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Sanders, Craig (December 21, 2016). "Ex-Amtrak Station Frozen in Time in Akron". Amtrak in the Heartland.
- ↑ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34705-3.
