Lee Road station (Erie Railroad)
LEE ROAD - SHAKER HEIGHTS | ||||||||||||||||||
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 The site of the Lee Road station in August 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Lee Road, just south of Miles Avenue (Route 43), Cleveland, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by |
Erie Railroad (1948 – 1960) Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960 – 1976) Conrail (1976 – 1977) | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mahoning Division | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 22, 1948[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 14, 1977[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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The Lee Road station was a former park and ride railroad station along Lee Road (just south of Miles Avenue (Route 43)) in the Lee-Miles neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The station was located on the Erie Railroad's Mahoning Division, which ran from Pymatuning, Pennsylvania to Cleveland. The next station heading towards Cleveland Union Terminal was East 93rd Street (which saw service gradually reduced on November 23, 1948) while the next station towards Pymatuning was North Randall.
The station was first opened on November 22, 1948 by the Erie Railroad as a convenient park and ride for affluent commuters with a parking lot and connections to bus and taxi. The station remained in service along the commuter line to Cleveland, which persisted after all passenger service was cut in the state of Ohio after January 5–6, 1970, when The Lake Cities last ran from Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey to Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois. The commuter train between Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio was ended with the run of Train 28 by the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) on January 14, 1977. Tracks were subsequently removed. The station depot and canopy remain at the station site, but the roof has since caved in on the depot and the canopy has collapsed.[3]
History
Last train: January 14, 1977
After six month test run by Conrail, the agency officially ended service from Cleveland Union Terminal to Youngstown, due to loss of money. On a snow-covered January 14, 1977, numerous passengers, including railfans, historians and people interested in seeing or riding the train. People crammed themselves into the three cars attached with Engine 4014, playing games, talking and having refreshments as Train 28 left the Union Terminal at 5:24. The train made stops along the line to Youngstown including East 55th Street, Lee Road, North Randall, Solon, Geauga Lake, Aurora, Mantua, Jeddoe, Garrettsville–Hiram, Warren, Niles and into Youngstown. At the end of the ride in Youngstown, the train stayed for twenty minutes while the train got photographed by the railfans of the Railroad Enthusiasts. After that, the train deadheaded into Brier Hill Yard for the passenger cars to be detached, while the locomotive, 4014, was converted for use to freight service.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Yanosey 2007, p. 118.
- ↑ Camp 2007, p. 33.
- ↑ Microsoft; Nokia (November 28, 2011). "Overview map of the Mahoning Division at Lee Road in Cleveland" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ↑ Reiss, George R. (January 15, 1977). "Cleveland Commuter Dies With Fanfare". The Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved December 2, 2011.