Catasauqua station

Catasauqua
Front elevation of railroad station
Postcard of Catasauqua station, 1910
General information
Line(s)
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1855 (1855-07-04)
ClosedJune 30, 1933 (1933-06-30)
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Laurys
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Allentown
toward New York or Jersey City
Hokendauqua
toward Buffalo
 Fullerton
toward New York or Jersey City

Catasauqua station was a Lehigh Valley Railroad station in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. It was located on the Lehigh Valley main line.

Lehigh Valley service to Catasauqua began on July 4, 1855, roughly a month after the company opened its original line between Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania.[1][2] As was common for that era, it used a locally-constructed building.[3] The company completed more permanent passenger and freight houses in 1861.[4] One historian characterized the buildings in Catasauqua in the late nineteenth century as "rag-tag"; a state of affairs which came to end when a runaway railway car damaged the buildings in 1904.[5]

The new brick passenger station in Catasauqua was constructed in 1905–1906. Amenities included a waiting room, agent's room, and a baggage room. Economic hardship led to the station's closure on June 30, 1933. Some local trains continued to stop there into the late 1930s. The station building was demolished in 1941.[2][6]

  1. ^ Archer 1977, pp. 31–32
  2. ^ a b "Catasauqua LVRR Station Being Dismantled". The Morning Call. June 24, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved August 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  3. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 18
  4. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 53
  5. ^ Fox 2002, p. 35
  6. ^ "Blames Economic Ills For Closing of Stations". The Morning Call. July 28, 1938. p. 15. Retrieved August 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon