Chichester station (New York)

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.

Chichester
General information
LocationChichester, Ulster County. New York
Tracks1
History
OpenedSeptember 28, 1881[1]
ClosedJanuary 22, 1940[2][3]
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Lanesville Kaaterskill Branch Phoenicia
Terminus

Bibliography

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  • Interstate Commerce Commission (1940). Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States (Finance Reports). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1886). Poor's Manual of Railroads. New York, New York: H.V. & H.W. Poor. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Poor 1886, p. 142.
  2. ^ "Mountain Branches Allowed to Suspend". The Kingston Daily Freeman. January 22, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ Interstate Commerce Commission 1940, p. 156.
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