Alliance station

Last updated
Alliance, OH
Alliance station (March 2021) (4).png
Alliance station in March 2021
General information
Location820 East Main Street
Alliance, Ohio
United States
Coordinates 40°55′17″N81°05′35″W / 40.9213°N 81.0930°W / 40.9213; -81.0930
Owned by Amtrak
Line(s) Fort Wayne Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Stark Area Regional Transit Authority
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: ALC
History
OpenedOctober 11, 1990
Passengers
FY 20232,697 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Cleveland
toward Chicago
Floridian Pittsburgh
toward Miami
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Maximo
toward Chicago
Main Line Sebring
Limaville
toward Cleveland
Cleveland  Pittsburgh via Alliance Homeworth
toward Pittsburgh
Terminus Alliance  Mahoningtown Snodes
toward Mahoningtown
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Cleveland
toward Chicago
Pennsylvanian
19982003
Pittsburgh
toward Philadelphia
Capitol Limited
19902024
Pittsburgh
Location
Alliance station

Alliance station is an Amtrak train station in Alliance, Ohio, United States. It is served by the daily Floridian service. The station has a single side platform serving the south track of the Fort Wayne Line, with a brick shelter building.

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History

Alliance station in August 1986 Alliance station, August 1986.jpg
Alliance station in August 1986

The station site in earlier years served Pennsylvania Railroad, then Penn Central passenger trains northwest to Cleveland, west to Detroit, west to Chicago and east to Philadelphia and New York City. [2] [3] Amtrak service began at the station when the Capitol Limited was rerouted north in fall 1990 from Canton station in Canton. [4] [5] The Pennsylvanian served Alliance from 1998 to 2003.

Amtrak spent $1.5 million to improve the station in 2011. It built a new shelter and installed a 550-foot (170 m) long concrete platform, signage and light poles. Developed by d+A Design+Architecture, LLC of Yardley, Pennsylvania, the shelter is composed primarily of rich red brick and has an enclosed, one-story waiting room with large windows. On the facades facing the street and the tracks, the waiting room is marked by stylized projecting bays faced with coursed ashlar stonework that adds texture to the overall elevation. The design is similar to Connellsville station in Pennsylvania. [6] On November 10, 2024, the Capitol Limited was merged with the Silver Star as the Floridian. [7]

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References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Ohio" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, 1954, Tables 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 24, 28
  3. "Pennsylvania Railroad, Tables 1, 7, 87". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.
  4. Sanders, Craig. Canton Area Railroads, Arcadia Publishing, 2009: p. 120.
  5. Amtrak National Timetable, October 28, 1990, p. 45
  6. "Alliance, OH (ALC)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
  7. "Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami" (Press release). Amtrak. September 23, 2024. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

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