Peninsula Depot is a

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating diesel-electric and steam-powered excursion trips through Peninsula, Ohio in the Cuyahoga Valley, primarily through the scenic Cuyahoga Valley National Park. History Based on a t ...

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

Peninsula, Ohio Peninsula is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 565 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Peninsula is in the middle of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which provides a sou ...

. It is located adjacent to Mill Road near Streetsboro Road (

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) in the

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Cuyahoga Valley National Park is an American national park that preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio. The park is administered by the National Park Service, but within ...

History

Initially a stop on the

Valley Railway The Valley Railway was a shortline railroad which operated between the city of Cleveland and small town of Zoarville in the state of Ohio in the United States. The railroad was founded in 1871, but the first segment of track did not open until ...

, trains began regular service at Peninsula in 1880. The original

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was destroyed in a fire in the 1960s. It was replaced with the depot formerly located in the village of

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, which was moved to Peninsula in 1968. The building may be the only surviving combination station from the Valley Railway.

References

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad stations Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations Former railway stations in Ohio Railway stations in the United States opened in 1880 {{Ohio-railstation-stub