Richmond station (Chesapeake and Ohio Railway)

For the station on Tenth Street used by Amtrak from 1971 to 1979, see Richmond station (Pennsylvania Railroad).

Richmond, IN
General information
Location	300 North Third and C Streets [1] Richmond, Indiana
Coordinates	39°49′58″N84°53′51″W / 39.8327°N 84.8975°W / 39.8327; -84.8975
History
Opened	c. 1900–1910 1974 (Amtrak)
Closed	c. 1950 April 27, 1986
Original company	Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Muncie toward Chicago Cardinal Hamilton toward New York Mountaineer Cincinnati (River Road) toward Norfolk Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Webster toward Hammond Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad South Richmond toward Cincinnati
Location

Richmond station is a former railway station in Richmond, Indiana. It is located near the corner of North C and North Third Streets. ^[2]

The Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad built their line through the area in the decade prior to 1910, though they were a later addition to the railroad network in the area. As such, passenger traffic was never substantial. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway acquired the line and station in 1910, but would go on to only run a single daily local train between Chicago (later Hammond) and Cincinnati which operated until about 1950. ^[3]

Amtrak took over intercity rail service in 1971 and began routing the inherited James Whitcomb Riley through Richmond starting in 1974. The accompanying Mountaineer stopped at the station for its operational life between 1977 and 1979. The train would go on to be renamed the Cardinal , but Richmond was bypassed in 1986. ^[4]

Tracks were removed and the right of way adjacent to the station building was converted to the Cardinal Trail.

References

1. "All-America Schedules". Amtrak. November 30, 1975. p. 11 – via Museum of Railway Timetables.
2. Longest 2005, p. 33.
3. Turner, Dixon & Huddleston 1986, p. 18–19.
4. "Amtrak leaves legacy". Seymour Daily Tribune. Seymour, Indiana. April 30, 1986. p. 28. Retrieved March 25, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

• Longest, David E. (2005). Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738539584.
• Turner, Charles W.; Dixon, Thomas W. Jr.; Huddleston, Eugene L. (1986) [1956]. Chessie's Road (2nd ed.). Alderson, West Virginia: Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-939487-00-4. OL   11535094M.

External links

• Media related to Richmond station (C&O) at Wikimedia Commons