List of Ohio train stations

Amtrak offers three passenger train routes through Ohio, serving the major cities of Toledo, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. [ cite web
title = AmTrak
publisher = Amtrak
url = http://AmTrak.Com/
format = HTML ]

The major cities of Columbus and Dayton do not have Amtrak passenger train stations. Columbus is the second largest city in the U.S. without passenger rail service, and Dayton is the sixth. [ [http://www.trainweb.org/moksrail/documents/pop/msa.htm#table Metropolitan Areas Served by Amtrak ] ]

Of the cities in Ohio, only Greater Cleveland has rail mass transit, with rail stations within or "across the road" from the following communities: cite web
title = GCRTA
publisher = Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
url = http://GCRTA.Org/
format = HTML ] :* Beachwood (Blue & Green Line ends):* Brookpark (across from Airport & Brookpark stations):* Cleveland:* Cleveland Heights (couple blocks from Cedar-University, Coventry-Shaker, & Shaker Square stations):* East Cleveland (couple blocks from Louis Stokes-Windemere station):* Lakewood (across from Madison-W.117 & Triskett-West 140th. stations):* Shaker Heights (Blue & Green Lines run through)

Cleveland had a subway line crossing the Cuyahoga River on the lower-deck of Detroit-Superior bridge traveling between Ohio City (near Detroit & West 25th. St.) and downtown Cleveland. Currently, it is only open for Summer historical-walking tours. [ cite web
title = Cleveland Bridge & Subway Tour
publisher = Cuyahoga County Engineer
url = http://www.cuyctyengineers.org/subway_tour.htm
format = HTML ] Cleveland also had a much larger electric-powered light-rail streetcar system of rail coaches & overhead lines; which were replaced by diesel-powered city transit buses.

Cincinnati once started construction of a subway, but work was abandoned during the Great Depression. Cincinnati has had efforts in the 21st century to revive train service with plans to extend train service from the Cincinnati Airport (CVG) in Kentucky to downtown Cincinnati, to Kings Island. However, funding for this project has not been found. [ [http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_cin002.htm Cincinnati's Rail + Bus Plan ] ]

There are also several passenger railroad lines and train stations in Ohio which offer scenic train rides.

Amtrak Passenger Train Service

Amtrak Cardinal (Chicago - Cincinnati - Washington DC, New York)

* Cincinnati Union Terminal (CIN)

The Cardinal passenger train enters Ohio near College Corner, travels through Hamilton, and stops at Cincinnati Union Terminal. Most of the Union Terminal has now been turned into the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, with the Amtrak train station located in the same building. After leaving Cincinnati, the train crosses into Kentucky where it follows the Ohio River on the southern border of Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky.

Amtrak Capitol Limited (Chicago - Cleveland - Washington DC)

* Toledo (TOL)
* Sandusky (SKY)
* Elyria (ELY)
* Cleveland (CLE)
* Alliance (ALC)

Amtrak Lake Shore Limited (Chicago - Cleveland - Boston)

* Bryan (BYN)
* Toledo (TOL)
* Sandusky (SKY)
* Elyria (ELY)
* Cleveland (CLE)

Rail Mass Transit

Cleveland, Ohio has two standard gauge RTA Rapid Transit rail systems,one for heavy-rail and one for three light-rail "streetcar" lines:

Heavy-Rail stations

* Red Line (Cleveland)::* Airport:* Brookpark (Engle Rd.):* Puritas & West 150th. St.:* West Park (Lorain Ave.):* Triskett (West 140th. St.):* West 117th–Madison:* Detroit & West Blvd.–Cudell:* West 65th–Lorain (Madison):* Lorain & West 25th–Ohio City:* (SEE SHARED STATIONS BELOW.):* East 79th (near):* East 105th–Quincy:* Cedar & University Circle:* Euclid–East 120th:* Superior (near):* Stokes/Windermere (Euclid Ave.)

hared stations

* Red heavy-, Green, Blue, & Lakefront light-rail Lines::* Terminal Tower City (Cleveland Union Terminal at Cleveland Public Square)

* Red heavy-, Green, Blue, & light-rail Lines::* Broadway & East 34th–Campus (Cuyahoga Community College downtown):* East 55th (near)

* Blue and Green Lines (Cleveland) light-rail::* East 79th (near):* Woodhill:* East 116th:* Shaker Square ()

Light-rail stations

* Green/Shaker line::* SEE SHARED STATIONS ABOVE.:* Coventry:* Southington:* South Park:* Lee:* Attleboro:* Eaton:* Courtland:* Warrensville:* Belvoir:* West Green:* Green

* Blue/VanAken-Warrensville line::* SEE SHARED STATIONS ABOVE.:* Drexmore:* South Woodland:* Southington:* Onaway:* Ashby:* Lee:* Avalon:* Kenmore:* Lynnfield:* Farnsleigh:* Warrensville

* Lakefront extension line::* South Harbor (Cleveland Memorial Shoreway parking lot):* North Coast (East 9th. St. between Cleveland Memorial Shoreway & Lakeside Ave.):* Amtrak:* West 3rd (between Cleveland Memorial Shoreway & Lakeside Ave.):* Flats East Bank:* Settlers Landing:* SEE SHARED Red, Green, Blue, & Lakefront STATIONS ABOVE.

CAUTION:Both Red heavy-rail line, and Blue & Green light-rail lines have stations called "East 79th.",they are two different stations geographically apart on East 79th. St.
Similarly, the Blue & Green lines have Southington, Lee, and Warrensville stations which are pairs of different stations geographically apart on their respective street names.

cenic trains

* Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad - Jefferson, Ohio [ cite web
title = ACJSR
publisher = Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railroad
url = http://www.acjrscenic.net/
format = HTML ] :* Jefferson
* Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad - Hebron, Ohio (defunct; see ZWSR) [ cite web
title = BCSR
publisher = Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad
url = http://www.buckeyecentralrailroad.org/
format = HTML ]
* Byesville Scenic Railway - Byesville, Ohio [ cite web
title = BSRW
publisher = Byesville Scenic Railway
url = http://www.bsrw.org/
format = HTML ] :* Byesville Station:* N Cabin (C&M Crossing)
* Connotton Valley Railway - Bedford, Ohio [ cite web
title = CVRI
publisher = Connotton Valley Railway
url = http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Objects/Railroad%20code/Railroad%20name%20c.pdf
format = PDF ] :* Bedford Depot
* Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad - Peninsula, Ohio [ cite web
title = CVSR
publisher = Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
url = http://WWW.CVSR.Com/
format = HTML ] :* Rockside Station:* Canal Visitor Center:* Brecksville Station:* Boston Mill Station:* Peninsula Depot:* Indigo Lake:* Botzum (Indian Mound) Station:* Akron Northside Station:* Howe Meadow:* Canton Lincoln Highway Station
* Hocking Valley Scenic Railway - Nelsonville, Ohio [ cite web
title = HVSR
publisher = Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
url = http://www.hvsry.org/
format = HTML ] :* Nelsonville Depot:* Haydenville:* Robbins Crossing:* Logan
* Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad - Lebanon, Ohio [ cite web
title = LMMR
publisher = Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
url = http://www.lebanonrr.com/
format = HTML ] :* Lebanon Station:* Southwest Golf Ranch:* Schappacher Farms
* Lorain & West Virginia Railway - Wellington, Ohio
* Minerva Scenic Railway - Minerva, Ohio [ cite web
title = MSRW
publisher = Minerva Scenic Railway
url = http://www.minervascenicrailway.com/
format = HTML ] :* Minerva
* Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway - Waterville, Ohio [ cite web
title = TLEW
publisher = Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
url = http://www.tlew.org/
format = HTML ] :* Waterville Station:*
* Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad - Fultonham, Ohio (former Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad & Glass Rock Line) [ cite web
title = ZWSR
publisher = Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad
url = http://zwsr.org/
format = HTML ] :*

ee also

* Railroad terminals of Cleveland, Ohio
* List of Union Stations

References

External links

* [http://www.gcrta.org/maps-schedules.asp#rail Cleveland RTA Commuter trains]
* [http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/commuterrail.html Proposed commuter rail for Cincinnati]
* [http://dev.ohiorailwaymuseum.net/ Ohio Railway Museum]