Owned by Amtrak Parking Yes; free Phone +1 800-872-7245 Platforms in use 1 | Tracks 3 Disabled access Yes Owner Amtrak | |
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Location 410 East River Rd.
Elyria, OH 44035 Line(s) Lake Shore Limited
Capitol Limited Address 410 E River St, Elyria, OH 44035, USA Similar Cleveland Lakefront Station, Sandusky Amtrak station, Cascade Park, Cleveland Metroparks Lakefront, Steamship William G Mather M | ||
Elyria is an Amtrak station in Elyria, Ohio. Located at 410 East River Road, the building is two trailers bolted together. This was the original Amtrak Cleveland Lakefront Station, moved to Elyria in 1976 when the present Cleveland Lakefront Amtrak Station was finished.
Elyria is served by the Capitol Limited and Lake Shore Limited routes, both of which pass through Elyria in the middle of the night.Starting in 1998 the Chicago-Philadelphia Pennsylvanian stopped in Elyria until 2003 when the train reverted the original Pittsburgh-New York route.
The former New York Central Station is in downtown Elyria. It was built in 1925 as a replacement for a former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway depot, and has been purchased by the Lorain County government for use as a transportation center. The building had been used for many years as a beauty school since it was sold by Conrail. The county hopes to use the building again for Amtrak trains. On August 1, 2013 it was announced that Amtrak has offered to pay 2.9 million dollars towards the project in hopes of relocating its passenger service there.
On October 25, 2013, the station building caught fire, causing an estimated $25,000 in damage and closing the station building indefinitely, with passenger access limited to the platform.