Baltimore and Ohio Station (Pittsburgh)

B&O Railroad Depot was one of several railroad stations in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the late 19th and early 20th century. The station was built in 1887, 16 years after the B&O Railroad opened its first railroad line into Pittsburgh. The station was built next to the Monongahela River. B&O railroad trains also used the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station for services that continued westward towards Chicago via the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. In 1955 the station was demolished to make room for an interstate highway and remaining services were transferred to Grant Street Station. The building was designed by Frank Furness who also constructed the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia station.[2]

This article is about the former train terminal in Pittsburgh. For the occupant of the current site, see Interstate 376 and Smithfield Street Bridge.
B&O Railroad Depot, B&O Station or Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, 1900
LocationSmithfield Street along Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S.
Coordinates40.4363°N 80.0007°W / 40.4363; -80.0007
Owned byBaltimore and Ohio Railroad
History
Opened1887[1]
Closed1955
Former services
Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Millville
toward Chicago
 Main Line Hazelwood
toward Jersey City
Hazelwood
toward Cincinnati
 Cincinnati – Pittsburgh Terminus
Terminus Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Ribold Junction
toward Buffalo

At the time of its 1955 closing, major named long distance passenger trains making stops at the station included:

  • The B&O Railroad Depot in the 1890s
  • B&O Station in 1911

See also

References
  1. The B&O Railroad Depot in Pittsburgh, http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/BORR.html
  2. "Pittsburgh Passenger Station, Baltimore & Ohio... - Furnesque: the Designs of Frank Furness". Furnesque.tumblr.com. 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
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