Baltimore and Ohio Station (Pittsburgh)

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 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]

B&O Railroad Depot, B&O Station or Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, 1900
General information
Location	Smithfield Street along Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.
Coordinates	40.4363°N 80.0007°W / 40.4363; -80.0007
Owned by	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
History
Opened	1887[1]
Closed	1955
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
Location

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

• Ambassador
• Capitol Limited
• Columbian
• Cleveland Night Express
• Shenandoah
• Washington–Chicago Express
• Washingtonian

Additionally, the B&O operated a train from Pittsburgh to Buffalo via DuBois and East Salamanca.^[3]

Gallery

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

See also

• Union Station (Pittsburgh)
• Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal
• Interstate 376 at the Smithfield Street Bridge