Athens station (Ohio)

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Athens, OH
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Former Athens station building in 2009
General information
Location123 West Union Street
Athens, Ohio
United States
Coordinates 39°19′44″N82°6′21″W / 39.32889°N 82.10583°W / 39.32889; -82.10583
History
OpenedOctober 30, 1976
ClosedOctober 1, 1981 (1981-10-01)
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Chillicothe Shenandoah
1976–1981
Parkersburg
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Grosvenor
toward St. Louis
St. Louis Line
Until 1971
Canaanville
toward Cumberland
Athens B & O Train Depot
Architectural style Stick-Eastlake [1]
NRHP reference No. 83001944 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1983 [1]

Athens station is a former train station in Athens, Ohio, adjacent to the campus of Ohio University. It served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from around 1890 until 1971, then Amtrak from 1976 to 1981. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Athens B & O Train Depot.

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History

Athens station in 1984 Athens station, September 2, 1984.jpg
Athens station in 1984

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) constructed the station building around 1890, replacing an older structure. It is a one-story building in the Stick-Eastlake style, measuring 128.5 by 25.5 feet (39.2 m × 7.8 m). It was modified around 1915: a circular tower was removed, and the ends of the structure were enclosed. [2]

Athens was on the B&O mainline between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati. It was served by trains including the St. Louis–Jersey City Diplomat and National Limited , and later the Metropolitan . [3] [4] B&O service on May 1, 1971, when Amtrak took over most remaining intercity passenger train service in the United States.

Amtrak began operating the Cincinnati–Washington, D.C. Shenandoah on October 30, 1976, with a stop at Athens. [5] [6] [7] Amtrak added a small "Amshack" east of the station building. The Shenandoah was discontinued on October 1, 1981; it was replaced by the Capitol Limited , which followed a different route west of Cumberland and did not serve Athens. [8] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1983. [1] The tracks through Athens were later removed, but some parts were still present well into the 2010s, such as just behind the Athens Public Library.

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