Jamestown station
{{Short description|Historic train station in Jamestown, New York}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Jamestown
| style = Erie Railroad
| image = Jamestown Gateway Station (9285439128).jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = 211-217 West Second Street
Jamestown, New York 14701
| coordinates =
| line = Main Line (Meadville Division)
Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad
| other = {{bus icon|12px}} Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System
{{bus icon|12px}} Coach USA
{{rint|us|amtrakbus}} Amtrak Thruway
| platform = 1 island platform (former)
| levels = 2
| tracks = 3 (former)
| parking =
| bicycle = Yes
| baggage_check =
| closed = {{end date and age|1970|01|6}}
| rebuilt = {{start date and age|1897}}
{{start date and age|1924}}
{{start date and age|1932|06|7}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13968111/jamestown_opened_june_8_1932/|title=New Erie Rail Station Opened at Jamestown|date=June 8, 1932|accessdate=September 24, 2017|work=Democrat and Chronicle|page=14|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
{{start date and age|2011}}
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes
| code = 5017{{cite web|url=http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/erie_docs/erie-losn16.html|title=List of Station Names and Numbers|date=May 1, 1916|publisher=Erie Railroad|work=Baggage Department|location=Jersey City, New Jersey|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}
| owned = Erie Railroad (1895–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960–1976)
Conrail (1976–1992)
City of Jamestown (1992–2017)
National Comedy Center (2017–present)
| former =
| services =
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Erie Railroad
|line2=main|left2=Lakewood|right2=Falconer
|line3=Buffalo and South Western Railroad|right3=Falconer
}}
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| embedded =
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Erie Railroad Station
| embed = yes
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| image =
| caption =
| location = 211-217 W. Second St., Jamestown, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|42|5|40|N|79|14|41|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York#USA
| built = 1931
| architecture = Art Deco
| added = May 2, 2003
| area = {{convert|1.4|acre|ha|1}}
| refnum = 03000045{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
}}
Jamestown station is a historic train station located at Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York. Although no longer an active railroad station due to a lack of passenger service in the area after a restoration done in 2011 the building currently serves as a bus transportation center and community space for Jamestown. The first train arrived at Jamestown on August 25, 1860 as part of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.
The station is part of the National Comedy Center.
History
The station was constructed in 1931–32 for the Erie Railroad as a replacement for a much older station.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=14108|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Erie Railroad Station|date=September 2002|accessdate=June 14, 2009|author=Claire L. Ross|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=14106|title=Accompanying seven photos}} It passed on to successor Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960 and continued to serve as a station for the railroad's long distance trains operating between Hoboken and Chicago. The last trains to use the station were the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express (discontinued, 1965) and the Lake Cities (discontinued, January 1970). On April 1, 1976 Erie Lackawanna became part of the Conrail system, which was taken over in turn by CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway on June 1, 1999. Local railroad offices continued to occupy the building.
The station passed to private ownership and was slowly stripped of salvageable materials. In 1992, the Jamestown Urban Renewal Agency took ownership of the station with $120,000 in funding from the federal Community Development Block Grant program. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as the Erie Railroad Station.{{NRISref|2009a}} Senator Charles Schumer announced grant monies to help restore the station as a commercial and transit hub on August 23, 2010. Upon completion of the $12 million (2012 USD) restoration, the restored station was opened to the public on October 26, 2012.{{cite news|last=Tabor |first=Brian |title=Railroad station restored in Jamestown |url=http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/southern_tier/railroad-station-restored-in-jamestown |accessdate=November 7, 2012 |newspaper=WIVB-TV |location=Buffalo, New York |date=October 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028021135/http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/southern_tier/railroad-station-restored-in-jamestown |archivedate=October 28, 2012 }} At this point the station was re-named the Jamestown Gateway Station.
In 2017, the National Comedy Center took over ownership of the station from the city and its associated agencies.{{Cite web|date=2018-06-09|title=25-Year Development Odyssey: The National Comedy Center Finds a Home in Jamestown's Historic Train Station|url=https://www.wrfalp.com/25-year-odyssey-the-national-comedy-center-finds-a-home-in-jamestowns-historic-train-station/|access-date=2020-11-12|website=WRFA-LP 107.9 FM|language=en-US}} The Jamestown station and surrounding area is now part of the National Comedy Center, which was opened in 2018.
Services
The Chautauqua Area Regional Transit System (CARTS) and Coach USA use the facility.
The station provides no Amtrak or commuter rail service. However, it is a stop for Amtrak Thruway buses at a Chautauqua Area Regional Transportation Service bus shelter at 217 West 2nd Street, connecting to Buffalo's Exchange Street Station.[http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=JMN Jamestown, NY - Bus Stop (JMN); Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach]
Gallery
File:PostcardErieRRStaJamestownNY1909.jpg|1909 postcard of older Erie Station Building.
File:Jamestown Gateway Station (9285424314).jpg|Jamestown Gateway Station interior
File:Jamestown Gateway Station (9285432968).jpg|Jamestown Gateway Station interior
File:Jamestown Gateway Station (9282654819).jpg|Jamestown Gateway Station hallway
File:Erie Railroad Station Jamestown NY Jan 10.jpg|Jamestown Gateway station front prior to the 2011 renovation
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Jamestown Gateway Train Station}}
- [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM36KR_Erie_Railroad_Station_Jamestown_New_York Erie Railroad Station - Jamestown, New York - Train Stations/Depots on Waymarking.com]
- {{HAER |survey=NY-59 |id=ny0495 |title=Erie Railway, Jamestown Station, East Second & Lafayette Streets, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, NY |photos=2 |data=1 |cap=1}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
{{Jamestown New York Regional Attractions}}
{{Erie Main Line stations}}
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1932
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Category:Buildings and structures in Chautauqua County, New York
Category:Former Erie Railroad stations
Category:Art Deco architecture in New York (state)
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Chautauqua County, New York
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860
Category:1860 establishments in New York (state)
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York
Category:Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in New York (state)
Category:Transit centers in the United States
Category:Bus stations in New York (state)
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1970