Cambridge Springs (Erie Railroad station)
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Cambridge Springs
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The former Cambridge Springs depot, seen in 1916.
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| Location | 302 Venango Avenue (US 6 / US 19), Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°48′12″N 80°03′37″W / 41.8033°N 80.0602°WCoordinates: 41°48′12″N 80°03′37″W / 41.8033°N 80.0602°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line (Meadville Division) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 5121 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 27, 1862 (Atlantic and Great Western Railway) October 19, 1900 (Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway) |
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| Closed | September 28, 1928 (Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway) August 1, 1965 (Erie-Lackawanna Railroad) |
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Cambridge Springs (formerly Cambridge) was a railroad station for the Erie Railroad in Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cambridge Springs station was on the Main Line's Meadville Division, which was the section of the line between Salamanca, New York and Meadville, Pennsylvania. The station was located 501.2 miles (806.6 km) from Manhattan and the Barclay Street Ferry, which connected to Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey and 480.8 miles (773.8 km) from Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. For nearly three decades, the station had connections to the Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway, which was a trolley line that connected the city of Erie and Meadville. Modern Erie Railroad station signage denoted the station as "Home of Alliance College," a local private university that closed in 1987.
Service to Cambridge Springs began in October 1862, with completion of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway to Meadville, a 6 ft (1,829 mm) railway that originally went from Salamanca to Corry, Pennsylvania until work was suspended in 1861 due to financial issues. The Atlantic and Great Western would later be completed in June 1864, with connection to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad in Dayton, Ohio. Ownership of the line was transferred in 1880 to the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, a subsidiary of the Erie Railroad. Meanwhile, a trolley line was completed through Cambridge Springs from Meadville, which was completed on October 19, 1900. The trolley station was constructed in 1903. The new Meadville and Cambridge Springs Street Railway was extended to Linesville, Pennsylvania, where it connected to the Pennsylvania Railroad. In November 1912, the railway was merged with the nearby Erie Traction Line, becoming the new Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway.
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