List of Ohio train stations
Amtrak offers three passenger train routes through Ohio, serving the major cities of Toledo, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.[1]
The major cities of Columbus, Akron and Dayton do not have Amtrak service. Columbus is the second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. without passenger rail service after Phoenix and Las Vegas. Columbus last had service with the National Limited in 1979. Dayton (which lost service in 1979) and Akron (which lost service in 2005) are the eleventh and twelfth.[2]
Of the cities in Ohio, only Greater Cleveland has rail mass transit, with rail stations within or "across the road" from the following communities:[3]
- Beachwood (Blue and Green Lines end near Beachwood)
- Brook Park (across from Airport and Brook Park stations)
- Cleveland
- Cleveland Heights (couple blocks from Cedar–University, Coventry–Shaker, and Shaker Square stations)
- East Cleveland (Red Line ends at the Louis Stokes Station at Windermere)
- Lakewood (across from Madison–W.117 and Triskett–West 140th. stations)
- Shaker Heights (Blue and Green Lines)
Cleveland had a subway line crossing the Cuyahoga River on the lower-deck of Detroit-Superior Bridge traveling between Ohio City (near Detroit and West 25th. St.) and downtown Cleveland. Currently, it is open only for historical walking tours.[4] Cleveland also had a much larger, electric-powered light-rail streetcar system of rail coaches and overhead lines, which were replaced by diesel-powered city transit buses.
Cincinnati once started construction of a subway, but work was abandoned during the Great Depression. Cincinnati has had efforts in the 21st century to revive train service with plans to extend train service from the Cincinnati Airport (CVG) in Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati, to Kings Island. However, funding for this project has not been found.[5]
There are also several passenger railroad lines and train stations in Ohio which offer scenic train rides.
Amtrak service
Cardinal (Chicago – Cincinnati – Washington DC – New York)
- Cincinnati Union Terminal (CIN)
The Cardinal enters Ohio near College Corner, travels through Hamilton, and stops at Cincinnati Union Terminal. Most of the Union Terminal has now been turned into the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, with the Amtrak train station located in the same building. After leaving Cincinnati, the train crosses into Kentucky, where it follows the Ohio River on the southern border of Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky.
Capitol Limited (Chicago – Cleveland – Pittsburgh – Washington DC)
Lake Shore Limited (Chicago – Cleveland – Albany – Boston/New York City)
Rail mass transit
Cleveland, Ohio has two standard gauge RTA Rapid Transit rail systems, one for heavy-rail and one for three light-rail lines:[3]
Heavy rail stations
- Airport
- Brookpark (Engle Rd.)
- Puritas and West 150th. St.
- West Park (Lorain Ave.)
- Triskett (West 140th. St.)
- West 117th–Madison
- Detroit and West Blvd.–Cudell
- West 65th–Lorain (Madison)
- Lorain and West 25th–Ohio City
- East 79th
- East 105th–Quincy
- Cedar–University
- Euclid–East 120th
- Superior
- Stokes/Windermere (Euclid Ave.)
Shared stations
- Terminal Tower City (Cleveland Union Terminal at Cleveland Public Square)
- Broadway and East 34th–Campus (Cuyahoga Community College downtown)
- East 55th (near)
- Blue and Green Lines light rail:
Light-rail stations
- South Harbor (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway parking lot)
- North Coast (East 9th. St. between Cleveland Memorial Shoreway and Lakeside Ave.)
- Amtrak
- West 3rd (between Cleveland Memorial Shoreway and Lakeside Ave.)
- Flats East Bank
- Settlers Landing
Scenic trains
- Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad – Jefferson, Ohio[6]
- Jefferson
- Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad – Hebron, Ohio (defunct; see ZWSR)[7]
- Byesville Scenic Railway – Byesville, Ohio[8]
- Byesville Station
- N Cabin (C&M Crossing)
- Connotton Valley Railway – Bedford, Ohio[9]
- Bedford Depot
- Rockside Station
- Canal Visitor Center
- Brecksville Station
- Boston Mill Station
- Peninsula Depot
- Indigo Lake
- Botzum (Indian Mound) Station
- Akron Northside Station
- Howe Meadow
- Canton Lincoln Highway Station
- Hocking Valley Scenic Railway – Nelsonville, Ohio[11]
- Nelsonville Depot
- Haydenville
- Robbins Crossing
- Logan
- Lebanon Station
- Southwest Golf Ranch
- Schappacher Farms
- Lorain & West Virginia Railway – Wellington, Ohio
- Minerva Scenic Railway - Minerva, Ohio[13]
- Minerva
- Waterville Station
- Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad – Fultonham, Ohio (former Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad & Glass Rock Line)[15]
See also
References
- ↑ "AmTrak". Amtrak.
- ↑ Metropolitan Areas Served by Amtrak
- 1 2 "GCRTA". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
- ↑ "Cleveland Bridge & Subway Tour". Cuyahoga County Engineer.
- ↑ Cincinnati's Rail + Bus Plan
- ↑ "ACJSR". Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad.
- ↑ "BCSR". Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad.
- ↑ "BSRW". Byesville Scenic Railway.
- ↑ "CVRI" (PDF). Connotton Valley Railway.
- ↑ "CVSR". Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad.
- ↑ "HVSR". Hocking Valley Scenic Railway.
- ↑ "LMMR". Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad.
- ↑ "MSRW". Minerva Scenic Railway.
- ↑ "TLEW". Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway.
- ↑ "ZWSR". Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad.
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