Susquehanna station
Susquehanna | ||||||||||||||||
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The station depot at Susquehanna, as seen in May 2011, from the Pavonia Terminal-bound track, 148 years after construction of the depot. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°56′41.1″N 75°36′34.9″W / 41.944750°N 75.609694°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Erie Railroad (1851–1960) Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1976) Conrail | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line (Mahoning Division) Mahoning Division First Sub-Division | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 3303 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1851 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1966 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1863 | |||||||||||||||
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The Erie Railroad Station in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania was built by the Erie Railway (later reorganized as the Erie Railroad) in 1863. The three-story Gothic Revival structure included a large hotel, called Starrucca House, with rooms for 200 people and a 120 feet (37 m) long dining room. Overall building size is 327 feet (100 m) length by 40 feet (12 m) width.
The railroad converted the hotel into offices and sleeping quarters for railroad personnel c. 1903. Alterations were made to the building in 1913 and 1917. The Erie Railroad merged into the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960, which ended passenger train service over the former Erie Delaware Division through Susquehanna in 1966. The last passenger trains were the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express and unnamed trains to Binghamton timed to meet up with the Phoebe Snow. All remaining passenger service, on the former Lackawanna route via Scranton, Pennsylvania, was discontinued on January 6, 1970. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.