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Akron and Pittsburgh Railroad: ACY: 1895 1899 Northern Ohio Railway: Akron Terminal Railway: ACY/ B&O/ ERIE/ PRR: 1901 1901 Barberton, Akron and Eastern Railway: Akron Transfer Railroad: ACY: 1891 1902 Richland and Mahoning Railway: Akron Union Passenger Depot Company: B&O/ PRR: 1891 1975 N/A Alliance and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1878 1882
The line also hosted passenger trains between the charter railroad's namesake cities, notably The Buckeye Limited (later renamed The Clevelander) and the Steeler. In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged with long time rival New York Central Railroad, to form Penn Central Transportation Company. The merger essentially failed, resulting in the ...
The company was renamed the "Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway" on May 1, 1990, before operations began. In 1994, W&LE purchased the former Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad and part of the Conrail “Cluster” railroads in the Akron, Ohio area.
The Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad opened tracks from New Castle to Youngstown and a line continuing west to Valley Junction (near Akron, Ohio) in 1884. On August 1, 1887, much of PC&T's railway was leased by the Pittsburgh and Western Railway Company for passenger service directly between Chicago, Illinois to Philadelphia ...
Amtrak's Capitol Limited joined the station when the Amtrak incarnation of the train was launched in 1981. Amtrak service with the Broadway Limited and the Capitol Limited at the station ended in 1990 as those trains were rerouted that fall to the north: the Broadway Limited to Akron and the Capitol Limited to Alliance, Ohio. [8] [9]
The eastbound train left Akron’s Union Depot at 11:08 p.m. for Washington, arriving in Pittsburgh at 1:36 a.m. The westbound train for Chicago arrived in Akron at 1:50 a.m.
The Northern Ohio was incorporated on August 14, 1895, under the general laws of the State of Ohio, for the purpose of acquiring the property of The Pittsburgh, Akron & Western Railroad Company, which had been sold at foreclosure. The Northern Ohio later acquired by purchase the property of The Akron and Pittsburgh Railroad Company.
O'Neil's dominated the Akron and Canton retail markets. Founded in 1877, the store grew to several locations in northeastern Ohio. In 1912, it was owned by May Department Stores, and in 1989 May merged it with its Cleveland division to form May Company Ohio, which was subsequently merged into its Pittsburgh division, Kaufmann's, in 1993.