Ashokan station
Ashokan | |||||||||||
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 Browns station was moved to new Ashokan site in 1913 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3055 New York State Route 28, Shokan, Olive, New York 12481 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Relocated to Woodstock village | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 8, 1913[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | March 31, 1954[2] | ||||||||||
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Ashokan was a former railroad station located in the Shokan section of the town of Olive, Ulster County, New York, United States. Located 16.2 miles (26.1 km) from the terminus at Kingston Point in Kingston, it was located along the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, later the Catskill Mountain Branch of the New York Central Railroad. The station opened on June 8, 1913, when the railroad abandoned their former alignment due to the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir. The railroad moved the station depot at Brown's Station to Ashokan for service.[1]
The New York Central Railroad discontinued passenger service on the line on March 31, 1954. The depot would then be moved to Woodstock, New York in May 1970.[3] The station site and the right-of-way is now part of the Ashokan Rail Trail, an 11.5-mile (18.5 km) long rail trail from West Hurley to Cold Brook.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Abandons Old Line". The Rutland Daily Herald. June 9, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Final Old U.&D. Passenger Train Trip Wednesday". The Kingston Daily Freeman. March 30, 1954. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Geertsma, Tobie (May 25, 1970). "Nostalgic Memories Along Rt. 375". The Daily Freeman. Kingston, New York. p. 21. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ashokan Rail Trail". ashokanrailtrail.com. Ulster County Planning Department. 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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