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Chichester station (New York)

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Chichester
General information
LocationChichester, Ulster County. New York
Tracks1
History
OpenedSeptember 28, 1881[1]
ClosedJanuary 22, 1940[2][3]
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Lanesville Kaaterskill Branch Phoenicia
Terminus

Chichester station was the Ulster and Delaware Railroad's small station that served the village of Chichester, New York, branch MP 1.6. The old Chichester station was a lot like a small shack with a platform on it that was two miles away from the Phoenicia station, and 29.5 miles from Kingston Point. It had a nearby lumber shoot where wood would be delivered to the furniture factory across the creek. The old station burnt down in 1902, and was replaced with a shelter. It didn't generate much business, and was abandoned after the New York Central bought the U&D in 1932, and it was later scrapped.

Bibliography

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  • Interstate Commerce Commission (1940). Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States (Finance Reports). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  • 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. ^ Poor 1886, p. 142.
  2. ^ "Mountain Branches Allowed to Suspend". The Kingston Daily Freeman. January 22, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Interstate Commerce Commission 1940, p. 156.
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