Sandusky station

Railway station in Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky, OH

General information
Location| 1200 North Depot Street
Sandusky, Ohio
United States
Coordinates| 41°26′26″N 82°43′7″W﻿ / ﻿41.44056°N 82.71861°W﻿ / 41.44056; -82.71861
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Sandusky Transit System: Purple Line
Construction
Parking| Yes
Accessible| Yes
Architect| Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
Architectural style| Richardson
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: SKY
History
Opened| 1892 (NYC)
July 29, 1979 (Amtrak)
Closed| 1971
Passengers
FY 2023| 8,313[1] (Amtrak)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
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Toledo

toward Chicago

|  | Floridian |  | Elyria

toward Miami

| Lake Shore Limited |  | Elyria

toward New York or Boston South

Former services

| Preceding station  |  Amtrak | Following station

|
|

Toledo

toward Chicago

|  | Pennsylvanian

1998-2003

|  | Elyria

toward Philadelphia

| Capitol Limited

1990-2024

|  | Elyria

toward Washington, D.C.

Preceding station  | New York Central Railroad | Following station
Venice

toward Chicago

|  | Main Line  |  | Huron

toward New York

Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Area| Less than 1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built| 1891
NRHP reference No.| 75001389[2]
Added to NRHP| July 17, 1975

Location

Sandusky, OH

Location within Ohio

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Sandusky, OH

Sandusky, OH (the United States)

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Sandusky station is an Amtrak station in Sandusky, Ohio. Located at 1200 North Depot Street, the station consists of an uncovered platform on the north side of the east–west tracks, a small parking lot, and two buildings. The former Railway Express Agency/baggage building is boarded up, while the main building has a small, remodeled waiting room for Amtrak passengers as well as offices for the Sandusky Transit System and North Central EMS. The station is served by the Floridian and Lake Shore Limited routes, both of which pass through Sandusky in the middle of the night. Because the station has only one platform, eastbound trains switch to the usual westbound tracks to pass the station.

## History

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The Sandusky station was originally built in 1892 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. It was designed by architects Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge and was also a work of A. Feick & Bros., and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[2] In the heyday of passenger train travel in the first six decades of the 20th century the station was a local stop, bypassed by most New York Central named trains on the Chicago-New York City circuit. Exceptions were the Iroquois and the Chicagoan's eastbound trip. Additionally, the Cleveland-Detroit Cleveland Mercury made a stop at Sandusky.[3] Passenger services ended in 1971, but were reinstated on July 29, 1979 when Amtrak added it as a stop on the Lake Shore Limited.[4] On November 10, 2024, the Capitol Limited was merged with the Silver Star as the Floridian.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Ohio" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. ^ New York Central Timetable, July 15, 1956, Tables 1, 2, 7, 15
4. ^ "New Sandusky Train Service Attracts Large Crowd To Ceremony". Amtrak. Amtrak News. August 1979. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
5. ^ "Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami" (Press release). Amtrak. September 23, 2024. Archived from the original on September 23, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

## External links

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Media related to Sandusky station at Wikimedia Commons

* Sandusky, OH – Amtrak
* Sandusky, OH – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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