Salamanca station

Salamanca
The former Salamanca railroad depot in July 2013,
a year before it burned down.
General information
Location137 Main Street, Salamanca, New York, 14779
Coordinates42°09′36″N 78°42′57″W / 42.159901°N 78.715951°W / 42.159901; -78.715951
Line(s)Main Line (Allegany Division / Meadville Division)
Allegany Division (to Dunkirk)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code4607[1]
History
OpenedMay 14, 1851 (Erie Railroad)[2]
October 27, 1862 (Atlantic and Great Western Railroad)
ClosedJanuary 6, 1970 (Erie-Lackawanna Railroad)[3]
Rebuilt1872[4]
October 21, 1902–January 5, 1904[4][5]
Key dates
July 29, 20141904 station depot catches fire[6]
2014Depot demolished
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Red House
toward Chicago
 Main Line Killbuck
toward Jersey City
West Salamanca
toward Dunkirk
 Allegany Division Terminus

Salamanca was a railroad station for the Erie Railroad in Salamanca, New York, United States. The station was located at 137 Main Street in Salamanca, across the track from the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway depot. Located as the terminus of the Meadville Division of the Erie Railroad main line, Salamanca was considered part of the Allegany Division, which went between Dunkirk and Hornell.

Railroad service along the Erie Railroad was first established in 1851 as part of the original New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad from Piermont to Dunkirk. The depot became a connection on October 27, 1862 to the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, which would later become part of the New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Railway (NYPANO), which would later be absorbed into the Erie Railroad. The depot survived the death of the Erie Railroad in October 17, 1960 as a passenger stop. Salamanca station's last train, the Lake Cities, stopped at 4:20 a.m. on January 6, 1970.

The depot survived for 44 more years, and several fires, before being burned down completely on July 30, 2014. The building was a total loss. A juvenile was charged in August with arson for setting the depot aflame.

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Hauptman 1993, p. 117-118.
  3. ^ "Erie Lackawanna Time Table – Effective June 15, 1969" (PDF). Erie Lackawanna Railway. June 15, 1969. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference olddepots was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "New Erie Depot". The Buffalo Enquirer. October 22, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference fire-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).