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Brockway station is a historic railway station located at Brockway, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913 by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with Colonial Revival-style details. It sits on a poured cement foundation and has a hipped roof covered in red ceramic tile. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
operated both daytime and nighttime trains through the station on the BR&P route between Lackawanna Terminal in Buffalo and Baltimore and Ohio Station in Pittsburgh. Additionally, the company operated a local Buffalo to DuBois, Pennsylvania train, making stops at the station. B&O passenger service to Brockway continued up to 1955, the final year of service on the BR&P line. It is the only surviving passenger station in Jefferson County. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as the Brockwayville Passenger Depot, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad.


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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1913 Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania