Peninsula Depot

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Peninsula
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General information
Location1630 Mill Street
Peninsula, Ohio 44264
Coordinates 41°14′32″N81°32′56″W / 41.2423°N 81.5490°W / 41.2423; -81.5490
Owned by Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
Operated byCuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
Line(s) Valley Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Parking40+
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1880
Rebuilt1968
Services
Preceding station Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Following station
Rockside
Terminus
National Park Scenic Akron Northside
Terminus
Boston Mill
towards Rockside
Explorer Indigo Lake
Former services
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Cleveland
Terminus
Cleveland  Akron  Wheeling
1940s–1962
Akron–Howard
toward Wheeling
Jaite
toward Cleveland
Ira
toward Wheeling
Boston Mill
toward Cleveland
Cleveland  Akron  – Valley Junction
Until 1940s
Botzum
Everett

Peninsula Depot [1] is a Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad train station in Peninsula, Ohio. It is located adjacent to Mill Road near Streetsboro Road (Ohio State Route 303) in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

History

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Initially a stop on the Valley Railway, trains began regular service at Peninsula in 1880. [2] The original station building was destroyed in a fire in the 1960s. It was replaced with the depot formerly located in the village of Boston, which was moved to Peninsula in 1968. [3] The building may be the only surviving combination station from the Valley Railway. [4]

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References

  1. "Stations list". Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway.
  2. "In Running Order". The Summit County Beacon. February 4, 1880. Retrieved May 7, 2021. Lock-green.svg
  3. "Boston Mill Station". National Park Service. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. "Visitor Centers". nps.gov. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.