Cochecton station explained

Cochecton

Style:

Erie Railroad

Address:

Depot Road, Cochecton, New York 12726 (former location)
8561 Route 97, Cochecton, New York 12726 (current location)

Line:

Main Line (Delaware Division)

Platform:

1 side platform

Levels:

Tracks:

Closed:

^[1]

Code:

3057^[2]

Other Services Header:

Former services

Nrhp:

Cochecton Railroad Station is a historic train station located at Cochecton in Sullivan County, New York. It was built about 1850 by the Erie Railroad as a freight house. It is a large, 1-story frame building with Greek Revival style details. The -story, rectangular building measures 30 feet wide and 50 feet deep and is topped by a gable roof.^[3] The last passenger trains at Cocheton were unnamed trains from Hoboken, New Jersey to Binghamton timed to meet up with the Phoebe Snow.^[4]

It is the oldest surviving station in New York state.^[5] It was moved from its original site in the early 1990s to be saved from demolition.

Notes and References

Web site: Erie Lackawanna Time Table - Effective November 28, 1966. Erie Lackawanna Railroad. October 11, 2016. November 28, 1966.
Web site: List of Station Names and Numbers. May 1, 1916. Erie Railroad. Jersey City, New Jersey. October 11, 2016.
Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cochecton Railroad Station. May 1992. 2010-06-26. Mary Curtis. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. 2012-10-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013115351/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9165. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying photo. 2010-06-27. 2012-10-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013115419/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9183. dead.
Erie Lackawanna Railroad, Tables 5, 7 . Official Guide of the Railways . National Railway Publication Company . 97 . 7 . December 1964.
Web site: Woolever. Charles P.. Existing Railroad Stations in New York State. 1 January 2009. 2011-05-28.