Youngstown was a station along the Erie Railroad and later the

Erie-Lackawanna Railway The Erie Lackawanna Railway , known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official motto of the line was "The Friendly Service Route" ...

, from 1922 to 1977 in Youngstown, Ohio. All railroad tracks behind the terminal have been removed, and the building is currently known as Erie Terminal Place, alternative student housing for students attending Youngstown State University.

Passenger train services

The station into the 1960s served several long distance Erie-Lackawanna trains (each, former Erie Railroad trains) on the road's Hoboken, New Jersey– Chicago, Illinois circuit: the '' Atlantic Express''/''Pacific Express'', the ''

Erie Limited The ''Erie Limited'' was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Erie Railroad between Jersey City, New Jersey (for New York City) and Chicago, Illinois via the Southern Tier. It operated from 1929 to 1963. After the merger of the Erie ...

'', the '' Lake Cities''. The final run of the ''Lake Cities,'' the last of these trains after 1965, was in January 1970. The Erie-Lackawanna, and then,

Conrail Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do busin ...

, continued commuter rail services between Cleveland Union Terminal and Youngstown. Conrail ended this service on January 14, 1977.

Gallery

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References

{{Erie Main Line stations Former Erie Railroad stations Mahoning County, Ohio Former railway stations in Ohio Railway stations in the United States opened in 1922 National Register of Historic Places in Mahoning County, Ohio Railway stations in the United States closed in 1977