Avon station (Erie Railroad) explained

Avon Station
Style:Erie Railroad
Address:100 West Main Street (US 20), Avon, New York 14414
Coordinates:42.9141°N -77.748°W
Line:Rochester Division
Rochester Branch
Mount Morris Branch
Attica Branch
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:2
Opened:July 25, 1853
Closed:April 30, 1933 - Attica Branch
January 20, 1940 -Mount Morris Branch
September 30, 1941 -Rochester Branch
September 28, 1947 - Rochester Division
Rebuilt:1879
Electrified:June 8, 1907 - December 1, 1934
Code:3943
Other Services Header:Former services

Avon Station is a former railroad station 3943 for the Erie Railroad, located at 100 West Main Street, Avon, Livingston County, New York.[1]

History

Railroad service in the village of Avon began on July 25, 1853, with the extension of the Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad (a division of what was eventually known as the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad) from Wayland to Caledonia.[2] The current station depot was built in 1879 for the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad (later known as the Erie Railroad). Designed by railroad company staff architect Bradford Gilbert, the Avon Station is a basic wooden frame structure with a stone foundation that is NaNfeet.[3] Basic on photographs, the station building also has timbering and wooden support brackets, as well as ornamental cutwork above its entrance.

On June 18, 1907, the Avon Station was one of the few stops on the Erie Railroad to be electrified when service to Rochester became an electric service.[4] The electric service ended on December 1, 1934, when the Erie switched to gas motorcars for passenger service to reduce costs.[5]

One of the more active hubs of the Erie Railroad, Avon Station served as the terminus of four different Erie lines: the Rochester Division (Painted Post - Avon), the Rochester Branch (Rochester - Avon), the Mount Morris Branch (Mount Morris - Avon), and the Attica Branch (Avon - Attica, where connections were made to the Buffalo Division).

Closing

Passenger service in Avon began to discontinue before and after electric service ended. Service between Attica and Avon ended on April 30, 1933.[6] [7] The branch to Mount Morris followed on January 20, 1940.[8] Service to Rochester ended on September 30, 1941.[9] The Rochester Division passenger service ended on September 28, 1947.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gilbert. Bradford Lee. Sketch Portfolio of Railroad Stations and Kindred Structures: From Original Designs. Railroad Gazette. 1885. New York, New York. 15. en. June 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2020-08-24. Erie Railroad Rochester Division: Chapter Three. 2022-02-16. Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. en-US.
  3. White, James Terry (1910). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. ′Google Books
  4. Smith. W N. 1907. Electrification of the Rochester Division of the Erie Railroad. Electric Railway Review. 18. 15. 428. June 7, 2020. Google Books.
  5. News: Erie Trains to Run on Gasoline Power . June 9, 2020 . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . November 30, 1934 . 15. Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Erie Railroad Time Tables - Effective January 15, 1933 . Erie Railroad . June 10, 2020 . 3 . January 15, 1933. Cleveland, Ohio.
  7. Web site: Erie Railroad Time Tables - Effective April 30, 1933 . Erie Railroad . June 10, 2020 . 3 . April 30, 1933. Cleveland, Ohio.
  8. News: Contract Let for Mail Line to Mt. Morris . June 7, 2020 . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . January 24, 1940 . 22. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Last Passenger Train Runs on Erie Railroad Avon Line . June 7, 2020 . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . October 1, 1941 . 13, 16. Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: Erie Railroad Time Tables - Effective June 27, 1947 . Erie Railroad . June 7, 2020 . 3 . June 27, 1947. Cleveland, Ohio.
  11. Web site: Erie Railroad Time Tables - Effective September 28, 1947 . Erie Railroad . June 7, 2020 . 3 . September 28, 1947. Cleveland, Ohio.