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Union Station
The New Union Station was built in 1912. The new building, built to be a perminent fixture in Ellwood City, was constructed from brick where as the original station built in 1891 was completely built of wood. The new station had two waiting rooms compared to the earlier structure that housed just one waiting room. Of the two waiting rooms, one was for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railway and the other waiting room was for the Baltimore & Ohio trains.
Passenger rail service ended in Ellwood City August 25th 1981 (P&LE was the last). The event marked the end of eighty nine years of rail service on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie spur line which connected Ellwood City to the mail line at west Ellwood Junction across the Beaver River.
Union Station from 5th Street
You state that rail service ended in 1981, but as a child in the 70′s I do not remember the old Union Station building still standing, so my question is when was the station torn down, and where did passengers catch the trains after the station was gone?
I am still looking for an actual date that the Union Station on 5th Street was torn down. As soon as I get one I will post it right away. However, I did find out that the railroad companies had a bus that would pick up passengers in Ellwood City, bus them to Wampum where they would board the trains in Wampum. They considered this as part of the 89 years of rail service offered to Ellwood City. As soon as I get a date as of when the passengers actually stopped boarding in Ellwood City, I will be sure to share that right away.
I know that the station was still standing in 1958, some of us used to hang around there at lunch time when i was in high school, when i entersd the service in 1960 i caught the train at the wampum station, below the bridge on the left, it is still standing.