Aurora is the former train station serving the residents of Aurora, Ohio, located within Portage County, Ohio, USA. The station was constructed in 1872 by the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, which had absorbed the former Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railroad, which ran from Cleveland, Ohio to Leavittsburg, Ohio. The next station to the northwest was Geauga Lake, serving the Geauga Lake amusement park. The next station to the southeast was Mantua. The line was entirely acquired by the Erie Railroad in 1941 after dissolution of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The last train left Aurora station on January 14, 1977.[3] After the line was abandoned, the rails were taken up. The station depot, one of three still standing along the branch (along with Solon and Mantua), was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1986.
Aurora | |||||||||||
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 The Aurora station depot in July 2013, paralleled by the abandoned tracks. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 13 New Hudson Road (SR 82), Aurora, Ohio United States | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Mahoning Division | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 5585[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1872[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 14, 1977[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1906[2] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Aurora Train Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 13 New Hudson Road Aurora, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°19′01″N 81°20′0″W / 41.31694°N 81.33333°W | ||||||||||
| Built | 1904 | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Stick/eastlake | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 86001131[4] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1986 | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
- ^ a b Camp 2007, p. 38.
- ^ a b Camp 2007, p. 33.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Camp, Mark (2007). Images of Rail: Railroad Depots of Northeast Ohio. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5115-9.
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