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Hobart station (New York)

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Hobart
General information
LocationRailroad Avenue and Maple Avenue, Hobart, Delaware County. New York 13788
Tracks1
History
OpenedDecember 1, 1884[1]
ClosedMarch 31, 1954[2]
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
South Kortright
toward Oneonta
Catskill Mountain Branch Stamford

Hobart was a former railroad station in the village of Hobart, Delaware County, New York, United States. The station was run by the New York Central Railroad as part of their Catskill Mountain Branch and located 77.5 miles (124.7 km) from the eastern terminus at Kingston Point station in the city of Kingston. Railroad service in Hobart began on December 1, 1884, when the Hobart Branch Railroad opened for service from nearby Stamford station, an extension of 3.61 miles (5.81 km).[1] The station closed when the railroad discontinued service on the branch on March 31, 1954.

Bibliography

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  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1886). Poor's Manual of Railroads. New York, New York: H.V. & H.W. Poor. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b Poor 1886, p. 143.
  2. ^ "Final Old U.&D. Passenger Train Trip Wednesday". The Kingston Daily Freeman. March 30, 1954. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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