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Former train station in Millerton, New York

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Coleman's
Former Coleman station at right
General information
Location512 Coleman Station Road (CR 58), Millerton, New York 12546
Coordinates41°54′7″N 73°31′6″W / 41.90194°N 73.51833°W / 41.90194; -73.51833
Tracks1
Other information
Fare zone12
History
OpenedMay 10, 1852
ClosedMarch 20, 1972 (passenger service);
March 27, 1980 (freight)
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Sharontoward New York Harlem Division Millertontoward Chatham
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Official nameColeman's Railroad Station Site
DesignatedSeptember 30, 1993
Part ofColeman Station Historic District
Reference no.93000945
Architectural styleNone Specified
Location

The Coleman's station was a former New York Central Railroad station that served the residents of North East, New York.

History

When the New York and Harlem Railroad began building their line through the Taconic Mountains towards Chatham in 1851, Coleman's was recommended as a freight only station by local entrepreneur Amasa Coleman, and landowner Oliver Barrett in order to take up a service overflow from Sharon and Millerton stations. The station which was established in 1852 operated primarily as a freight stop throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, but began accepting passengers by the late 1950s. As with the rest of the Harlem Line it became a Penn Central station when NYC merged with their longtime rival Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968. Penn Central ended all passenger service north of Dover Plains on March 20, 1972 and the station resumed its freight only status until March 27, 1980 when Conrail abandoned service on that segment of the line.

Today it is located along the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in the middle of the Coleman Station Historic District.

References

  1. "Railroad Hopes to Realize $432,386 in Millerton - Chatham Line Abandonment". The Poughkeepsie Journal. August 26, 1962. p. 9B. Retrieved December 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Layton, Preston (March 21, 1972). "PC Ends Run, Strands Riders". New York Daily News. p. 22. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. Harlem Valley Rail Trail map Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine


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