Warsaw station (Indiana)

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Warsaw, IN
Former Warsaw station building (2), October 2015.jpg
The former Warsaw station building in 2015
General information
Location218 South Lake Street [1]
Warsaw, Indiana
Coordinates 41°14′10″N85°51′31″W / 41.2362°N 85.8587°W / 41.2362; -85.8587
History
Opened1893 (PRR)
October 27, 1985 (Amtrak)
Closedc.1971
November 11, 1990
Original company Pennsylvania Railroad
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Valparaiso
toward Chicago
Broadway Limited Fort Wayne
toward New York
Capitol Limited Fort Wayne
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Atwood
toward Chicago
Main Line Winona Lake

Warsaw station is a former train station in Warsaw, Indiana.

History

The station site was established as a depot by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway. [2] The brick station building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1893. [3] It was served by several of the railroad's named trains, including the Manhattan Limited and Admiral . [4] Trains ceased to serve Warsaw by 1971 when Amtrak assumed most passenger operations in the United States.

On October 27, 1985, Amtrak added the station as a stop on their Broadway Limited and Capitol Limited lines. [5] Services ended after November 11, 1990, when trains were rerouted further north.

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References

  1. "National Time Tables". Amtrak. April 27, 1986. p. 9 via Museum of Railway Timetables.
  2. Warsaw, Indiana (Map). The Sanborn Map Company. January 1886.
  3. Longest, David E. (2007). Railroad Depots of Northern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 40. ISBN   9780738541310.
  4. "Pennsylvania Railroad" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad. January 18, 1954. pp. 10, 12, 20–21 via Streamliner Memories.
  5. Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 35. ISBN   978-0-253-34705-3.