Lima station (Pennsylvania Railroad)

Lima, OH
The former station building in March 2010
General information
Location424 North Central Avenue
Lima, Ohio
Coordinates40°44′42″N 84°6′7″W / 40.74500°N 84.10194°W / 40.74500; -84.10194
History
ClosedNovember 11, 1990[1]
Rebuilt1887
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Fort Wayne
toward Chicago
Broadway Limited Crestline
toward New York
Capitol Limited Crestline
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Elida
toward Chicago
Main Line Lafayette
Lima Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Depot
Built1887
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.03000805[2]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 2003

Lima station is a historic former train station in Lima, Ohio, United States. Built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1887, it is a brick Queen Anne structure that rests on a sandstone foundation.[3] The Lima station is located on the former Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline between New York City and Chicago. Lima station was formerly served by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Limited and by its flagship Broadway Limited daily passenger trains between New York City and Chicago in its later years.

  1. ^ "Amtrak Switches Lines to Chicago". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 12, 1990. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nrhp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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