Avon station (Erie Railroad)

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Avon Station
Avon Station.jpg
The former Avon station in January 2015
General information
Location100 West Main Street (US 20), Avon, New York 14414
Coordinates 42°54′51″N77°44′53″W / 42.914109°N 77.748003°W / 42.914109; -77.748003
Line(s)Rochester Division
Rochester Branch
Mount Morris Branch
Attica Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station code3943
History
OpenedJuly 25, 1853
ClosedApril 30, 1933 - Attica Branch
January 20, 1940 -Mount Morris Branch
September 30, 1941 -Rochester Branch
September 28, 1947 - Rochester Division
Rebuilt1879
ElectrifiedJune 8, 1907December 1, 1934
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
McQueens
toward Painted Post
Rochester DivisionTerminus
Wiards
toward Rochester
Rochester Branch
TerminusMount Morris Branch Spring Street
toward Mount Morris
Caledonia
toward Attica
Attica BranchTerminus

Avon Station is a former railroad station 3943 for the Erie Railroad, located at 100 West Main Street, Avon, Livingston County, New York. [1] [2]

Contents

History

Railroad service in the village of Avon began on July 25, 1853, with the extension of the Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad (a division of what was eventually known as the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad) from Wayland to Caledonia. [1] [2] [3]

Avon Station prior to 1907 Eriepcavonny.JPG
Avon Station prior to 1907
Aerial view of Avon Station, July 1971 Aerial view of station, driveway side, taken July 1971 - Erie Railway, Avon Station, Railroad Avenue, Avon, Livingston County, NY HAER NY,26-AVO,1-1.tif
Aerial view of Avon Station, July 1971

The current station depot was built in 1879 for the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad (later known as the Erie Railroad). [1] Designed by railroad company staff architect Bradford Gilbert, the Avon Station is a basic wooden frame structure with a stone foundation that was is 80 by 24 feet (24.4 m × 7.3 m). [1] [4] Basic on photographs, the station building also has timbering and wooden support brackets, as well as ornamental cutwork above its entrance. [1]

On June 18, 1907, the Avon Station was one of the few stops on the Erie Railroad to be electrified when service to Rochester became an electric service. [2] The electric service ended on December 1, 1934, when the Erie switched to gas motorcars for passenger service to reduce costs. [5]

One of the more active hubs of the Erie Railroad, Avon Station served as the terminus of four different Erie lines: the Rochester Division (Painted Post Avon), the Rochester Branch (Rochester Avon), the Mount Morris Branch (Mount Morris Avon), and the Attica Branch (Avon Attica, where connections were made to the Buffalo Division).

Closing

Passenger service in Avon began to discontinue before and after electric service ended. Service between Attica and Avon ended on April 30, 1933. [6] [7] The branch to Mount Morris followed on January 20, 1940. [8] Service to Rochester ended on September 30, 1941. [9] The Rochester Division passenger service ended on September 28, 1947. [10] [11]

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