List of Ulster and Delaware Railroad stations

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This is a list of railroad stations on the former Ulster and Delaware Railroad and their present-day condition. For more information, see the main article.

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Main Line stations

StationPlace ServedImageOpenedClosedNotes
Kingston Point Kingston Point 18951924Constructed for easier access to steamboats on Hudson River.
Rondout Rondout Rondout.jpg 18681979Headquarters of the U&D. Received considerable business from the Delaware & Hudson Canal.
Kingston Kingston KingstonStation.jpg 1883March 31, 1954 [1] Replaced original "Fair Street Station". Torn down in the 1960s.
Stony Hollow Stony Hollownone present18681920sServed as flagstop for most of its later life.
West Hurley West Hurley Westhurleystation.jpg 1869March 31, 1954 [1] Original wood station demolished after construction of the Ashokan Reservoir. New station constructed of cement bricks. Located on West Hurley Dike of the Ashokan Reservoir.
Olive Branch Olive Branch 18691912Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir.
Brown's Station Brown's Station Browns station.jpg 18691912Relocated to town of Ashokan to make way for Ashokan Reservoir. Currently in Woodstock, New York.
Ashokan Ashokannone present1912March 31, 1954 [1] Formerly Brown's Station. Moved six miles uphill during construction of Ashokan Reservoir. Moved to Woodstock, New York in the 1970s.
Brodhead's Bridge Brodhead's Bridge Brodheads bridge.jpg 18691912Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir.
Shokan Shokan Shokan station.jpg 18691912Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir.
Boiceville Boiceville Boiceville station.jpg 18701912Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir.
Cold Brook Cold Brooknone present1870
2005		March 31, 1954 [1] Original station replaced by pre-fabricated version in 1899. Current version being used as hunting club and the Catskill Mountain Railroad.
Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant Mountpleasant.jpg 1870
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] New Mount Pleasant station built at Route 28 grade crossing in 1983; currently used by Catskill Mountain Railroad.
Phoenicia Phoenicia Phoenicia depot.jpg 1870
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] Original station built by Rondout & Oswego made of cement; replaced by pre-fabricated station in 1899. Junction with Stony Clove & Kaaterskill branch line. Current headquarters of the Empire State Railway Museum & Railbikes Catskill Division. On National Register of Historic Places.
Shandaken Allabennone present1870March 31, 1954 [1] Pre-fabricated station replaced previous bluestone-made "Allaben Station" in 1899.
Big Indian Big Indian Big indian station.jpg 1870March 31, 1954 [1] Intentionally razed by State of New York in 1960s.
Pine Hill Pine Hill none present1871March 31, 1954 [1] Station halfway up the Pine Hill Grade.
Grand Hotel Highmount none present1871March 31, 1954 [1] Station also served Grand Hotel on Monka Hill, hence its name. Former site of station is current eastern terminus of the Delaware & Ulster Railride.
Fleischmann's Fleischmann'snone present1871
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] Originally called Griffin's Corners station until the town it served was renamed. Freight house currently used by Delaware & Ulster Railride.
Arkville Arkville1871
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] Junction with Delaware and Northern Railroad. Originally known as Dean's Corners station until town received name change. Destroyed by runaway milktruck in 1960s. Arkville freight house currently used as headquarters of the Delaware & Ulster Railide.
Kelly's Corners Kelly's Cornersnone present1871March 31, 1954 [1] Originally a flagstop. Shut down and became a flagstop again in 1923.
Halcottville Halcottville Halcottville rr station.jpg 1871March 31, 1954 [1] Split in half after disuse. One half located a few hundred feet from original location; used as privately owned shed. Other half in Arkville, New York; used as a tool shed for Delaware & Ulster Railride.
Roxbury Roxbury 1872March 31, 1954 [1] Currently serves as northern terminus of Delaware & Ulster Railride. Under restoration by Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society.
Grand Gorge Grand Gorgenone present1872
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] Originally known as Moresville station until town received name change. Original station burnt down in 1895.New station torn down by Penn Central in the 1970s.
South Gilboa South Gilboanone present1872March 31, 1954 [1] Original station replaced with pre-fabricated version in 1900. Current plans for restoration by Town of Gilboa Historical Society. On National Register of Historic Places.
Stamford Stamford none present1872March 31, 1954 [1] Restored by Catskill Revitalization Corporation.
Hobart Hobartnone present1884March 31, 1954 [1] Burnt down in the 1970s.
South Kortright South Kortrightnone present1885March 31, 1954 [1] Currently being used as a house.
Bloomville Bloomvillenone present1887March 31, 1954 [1] Temporarily served as western terminus of U&D until 1895.
Kortright Kortrightnone present18901920sShut down in 1920s and used as flagstop.
East Meredith East Meredithnone present1895March 31, 1954 [1] Shut down in 1954 and used as tool shed until the 1990s. Currently used as house.
Davenport Center Davenport Center none present1897March 31, 1954 [1] Currently used as house.
West Davenport West Davenportnone present18991923Junction with Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad. Original station burnt down in 1903. Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley station moved and used until it was shut down in 1923. It burnt down in 1933.
Oneonta Oneonta none present1900March 31, 1954 [1] Largest station on U&D except one at Kingston. Currently a restaurant/pub called "The Depot".

Branch stations

Stony Clove and Kaaterskill Branch

StationPlace ServedImageOpenedClosedNotes
Phoenicia Phoenicia Phoenicia depot.jpg 1870
1983		March 31, 1954 [1] Original station built by Rondout & Oswego made of cement; replaced by pre-fabricated station in 1899. Junction with Stony Clove & Kaaterskill branch line. Current headquarters of the Catskill Mountain Railroad. On National Register of Historic Places.
Chichester Chichester none present1881January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Burnt down in 1903. Replaced with shelter. Run as flagstop by New York Central until branches were abandoned in 1939.
Lanesville Lanesville Lanesville depot.jpg 1883January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Run as flagstop by New York Central. Burnt down in the 1960s.
Edgewood Edgewood none present1881January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Smallest station on railroad. Run as flagstop by New York Central.
Stony Clove Notch nonenone present1881January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Flagstop for its entire life. Completely shut down by New York Central.
Kaaterskill Junction none1882January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Junction with Hunter branch line. Extremely busy under U&D ownership. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Transformed into home, but burnt down in the 1980s.
Tannersville Tannersvile June 1883 [4] [3] January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Original station replaced with pre-fabricated designed station. One of only two branch line stations left open by New York Central. Converted to Town Center/snow plow garage. Burnt down in the 1970s.
Haines Falls Haines FallsJune 1883 [4] [3] January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Formerly known as Haines Corners Station until town received name change. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Currently the headquarters of the Mountain Top Historical Society.
Laurel House nonenone presentJune 1883 [4] [3] January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Formerly a platform. Converted to pre-fabricated station in 1900. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Burnt down by State of New York in the 1960s.
Kaaterskill Kaaterskillnone presentJune 1883 [4] [3] January 22, 1940 [2] [3] Burnt down in the 1960s.

Hunter Branch

StationPlace ServedImageOpenedClosedNotes
Hunter Hunter Old hunter depot.jpg 1882January 22, 1940 [2] [3] One of only two branch line stations left open by New York Central. Currently a private dwelling.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashokan station</span>

Ashokan was a former railroad station located in the Shokan section of the town of Olive, Ulster County, New York, United States. Located 16.2 miles (26.1 km) from the terminus at Kingston Point in Kingston, it was located along the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, later the Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central Railroad. The station opened on June 8, 1913, when the railroad abandoned their former alignment due to the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir. The railroad moved the station depot at Brown's Station to Ashokan for service.

Laurel House station, branch MP 18.5, was built as part of the three-foot gauge Kaaterskill Railroad, an extension of the Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad. It was built so passengers could stop there and take a horse and carriage to the Laurel House, a hotel that was nearby. When it was built, it was anything but an actual station; in fact, it was nothing but a platform. When the Ulster and Delaware standard-gauged the railroad in 1899, it was replaced with an actual station. The branch it served would become an actual part of the railroad in 1903.

Kaaterskill Junction station, branch MP 11.8, was one of the smallest stations on the Ulster & Delaware, and served as the station at the junction between the Stony Clove and Kaaterskill Branch and the Hunter Branch, hence the word "junction" in its name. The station was originally known as the Tannersville Junction station, but its name was changed soon after it was made.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cold Brook station</span>

Cold Brook is a former railroad station in the Boiceville section of the town of Olive, Ulster County, New York, United States. Located on Cold Brook Road, just north of New York State Route 28A next to Esopus Creek, Cold Brook station served the New York Central Railroad's Catskill Mountain Branch, formerly the Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The station was located 22.1 miles (35.6 km) northwest of Kingston Point station in the city of Kingston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Pleasant station (Ulster and Delaware Railroad)</span>

Mount Pleasant station, MP 24.9 on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, served the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, and was three miles from the site where the Stony Clove and Kaaterskill Branch separate from the main line at the Phoenicia station.

This station, MP 32.1, was located where the site of the old Allaben station. The old Allaben station was a big masonry building that served the village of Allaben. It was torn down in 1899, and replaced with a new pre-fabricated station. This was placed in the area where the depot before it was. This station was destroyed soon after the end of passenger service on the Ulster & Delaware in 1954.

Chichester station was the Ulster and Delaware Railroad's small station that served the village of Chichester, New York, branch MP 1.6. The old Chichester station was a lot like a small shack with a platform on it that was two miles away from the Phoenicia station, and 29.5 miles from Kingston Point. It had a nearby lumber shoot where wood would be delivered to the furniture factory across the creek. The old station burnt down in 1902, and was replaced with a shelter. It didn't generate much business, and was abandoned after the New York Central bought the U&D in 1932, and it was later scrapped.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lanesville station</span>

Lanesville was a small station on a branch of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, five miles from Phoenicia station in Phoenicia in the hamlet of Lanesville. The station was abandoned in 1932 by the New York Central Railroad, having shown little change since it was constructed. The branch Lanesville was on was discontinued in 1940, but the station lasted until the 1960s, when fire brought down the old depot.

Pine Hill station, MP 39.7 on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D), served the village of Pine Hill, New York. It was constructed on the slope of Belle Ayr Mountain 100 feet above the village along the steep grade running from Big Indian to the summit at Grand Hotel station. The famous double horseshoe curves on the U&D were located just west of the station.

Grand Hotel station, MP 41.4 of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, was located in the small mountain hamlet of Highmount, New York, at the summit between Big Indian and Arkville. A turntable was located here, allowing pusher engines to be turned before descending to Arkville or Big Indian.

Edgewood was a former train station for the New York Central Railroad in the hamlet of Edgewood, located in the town of Hunter, Greene County, New York, United States. Built by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad for its branches to Kaaterskill and Hunter, the station opened on September 28, 1881. The station, located 7.9 miles (12.7 km) from the junction at Phoenicia, closed on January 22, 1940.

Kelly's Corners station, MP 51.4 on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, served a rural farming community, which there were plenty of in Delaware County.

This Ulster and Delaware station, branch MP 9.8, was at the summit of a grade that went to the Stony Clove Notch, where the Stony Clove Valley narrowed and was but a few yards wide. It was a flagstop, where people would have to signal a train to stop for them. This station never made much business, and was immediately taken out of service when the New York Central took over the U&D on February 1, 1932. It was also a house, and a U&D employee lived there who would walk from Edgewood station to Kaaterskill Junction station to check for fires.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Halcottville station</span>

Halcottville station, MP 53.0 on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D), served the hamlet of Halcottville. On February 1, 1932, the U&D became the Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central Railroad. In addition to the station, the U&D constructed a large ice-house here and stored ice from Lake Wawaka. A tiny steamboat, also named Wawaka, plied the lake during the summer months drawing visitors from up and down the line who rode the boat and picnicked on the shores of Lake Wawaka. Halcottville boasted a hotel, two creameries, an early electric light plant, several stores, a post office, dance hall, school, and several churches. There were also numerous boarding houses in the area.

Stamford station, MP 74.0, was another important railroad station on the mainline of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The town it served, Stamford, New York, was home to the Stamford Country Club and the elegant Churchill Hall, and was, not surprisingly, a popular tourist stop, especially for people coming up from New York City. There were more hotels, apart from the Churchill Hall, along with many boarding houses.

Tannersville was a train station in Tannersville, New York operated by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad. It ceased operation in 1940 and burned down on March 2, 1966.

Hobart was a former railroad station in the village of Hobart, Delaware County, New York, United States. The station was run by the New York Central Railroad as part of their Catskill Mountain Branch and located 77.5 miles (124.7 km) from the eastern terminus at Kingston Point station in the city of Kingston. Railroad service in Kingston began on December 1, 1884, when the Hobart Branch Railroad opened for service from nearby Stamford station, an extension of 3.61 miles (5.81 km). The station closed when the railroad discontinued service on the branch on March 31, 1954.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haines Falls station</span>

Haines Falls is an abandoned train station in Haines Falls, New York. It was owned by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The abandoned station was recently restored to perfect condition and painted blue. It is now the headquarters of the Mountain Top Historical Society, one of only two surviving U&D branch stations. It is also the start of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail, a scenic hiking trail along the former railway.

Kaaterskill station, branch MP 19.1, was one of the busiest railroad stations on the branch lines of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D). It was near the banks of South Lake in Kaaterskill, New York, and was a major stop for people who wished to stay at the Hotel Kaaterskill or the Catskill Mountain House, which was 0.93 miles from the station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunter station (New York Central Railroad)</span> Former station on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad

Hunter was a former station on the Hunter Branch of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad (U&D) and was the busiest station on the branch lines of the U&D. Within several yards of the station were the Standard Oil Co. and the Otto Gordon Coal Co. The village of Hunter, which the station serviced, was also home to several popular resorts.

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Mountain Branches Allowed to Suspend". The Kingston Daily Freeman. January 22, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Interstate Commerce Commission 1940, p. 156.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hibbard, F.B. (July 3, 1883). "Kaaterskill Railroad". The New York Tribune. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2021– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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