List of Ulster and Delaware Railroad stations
This is a list of railroad stations on the former Ulster and Delaware Railroad and their present-day condition. For more information see the main article.
Main Line stations
Station | Place Served | Image | Opened | Closed | Notes |
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Kingston Point | Kingston Point | 1895 | 1924 | Constructed for easier access to steamboats on Hudson River. | |
Rondout | Rondout | 1868 | 1979 | Headquarters of the U&D. Received considerable business from the Delaware & Hudson Canal. | |
Kingston | Kingston | 1883 | 1954 | Replaced original "Fair Street Station". Torn down in the 1960s. | |
Stony Hollow | Stony Hollow | none present | 1868 | 1920s | Served as flagstop for most of its later life. |
West Hurley | West Hurley | 1869 | 1954 | Original wood station demolished after construction of the Ashokan Reservoir. New station constructed of cement bricks. Located on West Hurley Dike of the Ashokan Reservoir. | |
Olive Branch | Olive Branch | 1869 | 1912 | Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir. | |
Brown's Station | Brown's Station | 1869 | 1912 | Relocated to town of Ashokan to make way for Ashokan Reservoir. Currently in Woodstock, New York. | |
Ashokan | Ashokan | none present | 1912 | 1954 | Formerly Brown's Station. Moved six miles uphill during construction of Ashokan Reservoir. Moved to Woodstock, New York in the 1970s. |
Brodhead's Bridge | Brodhead's Bridge | 1869 | 1912 | Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir. | |
Shokan | Shokan | 1869 | 1912 | Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir. | |
Boiceville | Boiceville | 1870 | 1912 | Demolished after construction of Ashokan Reservoir. | |
Cold Brook | Cold Brook | none present | 1870 2005 |
1954 Open |
Original station replaced by pre-fabricated version in 1899. Current version being used as hunting club and the Catskill Mountain Railroad. |
Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant | 1870 1983 |
1954 Open |
New Mount Pleasant station built at Route 28 grade crossing in 1983; currently used by Catskill Mountain Railroad. | |
Phoenicia | Phoenicia | 1870 1983 |
1954 Open |
Original station built by Rondout & Oswego made of cement; replaced by pre-fabricated station in 1899. Junction with Stony Clove & Kaaterskill branch line. Current headquarters of the Empire State Railway Museum & Railbikes Catskill Division. On National Register of Historic Places. | |
Shandaken | Allaben | none present | 1870 | 1954 | Pre-fabricated station replaced previous bluestone-made "Allaben Station" in 1899. |
Big Indian | Big Indian | 1870 | 1954 | Intentionally razed by State of New York in 1960s. | |
Pine Hill | Pine Hill | none present | 1871 | 1954 | Station halfway up the Pine Hill Grade. |
Grand Hotel | Highmount | none present | 1871 | 1977 | Station also served Grand Hotel on Monka Hill, hence its name. Former site of station is current eastern terminus of the Delaware & Ulster Railride. |
Fleischmann's | Fleischmann's | none present | 1871 1983 |
1976 Open |
Originally called Griffin's Corners station until the town it served was renamed. Freight house currently used by Delaware & Ulster Railride. |
Arkville | Arkville | 1871 1983 |
1954 Open |
Junction with Delaware and Northern Railroad. Originally known as Dean's Corners station until town received name change. Destroyed by runaway milktruck in 1960s. Arkville freight house currently used as headquarters of the Delaware & Ulster Railide. | |
Kelly's Corners | Kelly's Corners | none present | 1871 | 1870 | Originally a flagstop. Shut down and became a flagstop again in 1923. |
Halcottville | Halcottville | 1871 | 1957 | Split in half after disuse. One half located a few hundred feet from original location; used as privately owned shed. Other half in Arkville, New York; used as a tool shed for Delaware & Ulster Railride. | |
Roxbury | Roxbury | 1872 | 1954 | Currently serves as northern terminus of Delaware & Ulster Railride. Under restoration by Ulster & Delaware Railroad Historical Society. | |
Grand Gorge | Grand Gorge | none present | 1872 1983 |
1954 Open |
Originally known as Moresville station until town received name change. Original station burnt down in 1895.New station torn down by Penn Central in the 1970s. |
South Gilboa | South Gilboa | none present | 1872 | 1954 | Original station replaced with pre-fabricated version in 1900. Current plans for restoration by Town of Gilboa Historical Society. On National Register of Historic Places. |
Stamford | Stamford | none present | 1872 | 1954 | Restored by Catskill Revitalization Corporation. |
Hobart | Hobart | none present | 1884 | 1950s | Burnt down in the 1970s. |
South Kortright | South Kortright | none present | 1885 | 1954 | Currently being used as a house. |
Bloomville | Bloomville | none present | 1887 | 1954 | Temporarily served as western terminus of U&D until 1895. |
Kortright | Kortright | none present | 1890 | 1920s | Shut down in 1920s and used as flagstop. |
East Meredith | East Meredith | none present | 1895 | 1954 | Shut down in 1954 and used as tool shed until the 1990s. Currently used as house. |
Davenport Center | Davenport Center | none present | 1897 | 1954 | Currently used as house. |
West Davenport | West Davenport | none present | 1899 | 1923 | Junction with Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad. Original station burnt down in 1903. Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley station moved and used until it was shut down in 1923. It burnt down in 1933. |
Oneonta | Oneonta | none present | 1900 | 1954 | Largest station on U&D except one at Kingston. Currently a restaurant/pub called "The Depot". |
Branch stations
Stony Clove and Kaaterskill Branch
Station | Place Served | Image | Opened | Closed | Notes |
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Phoenicia | Phoenicia | 1870 1983 |
1954 Open |
Original station built by Rondout & Oswego made of cement; replaced by pre-fabricated station in 1899. Junction with Stony Clove & Kaaterskill branch line. Current headquarters of the Catskill Mountain Railroad. On National Register of Historic Places. | |
Chichester | Chichester | none present | 1881 | 1932 | Burnt down in 1903. Replaced with shelter. Run as flagstop by New York Central until branches were abandoned in 1939. |
Lanesville | Lanesville | 1883 | 1954 | Run as flagstop by New York Central. Burnt down in the 1960s. | |
Edgewood | Edgewood | none present | 1881 | 1932 | Smallest station on railroad. Run as flagstop by New York Central. |
Stony Clove Notch | none | none present | 1881 | 1932 | Flagstop for its entire life. Completely shut down by New York Central. |
Kaaterskill Junction | none | 1882 | 1932 | Junction with Hunter branch line. Extremely busy under U&D ownership. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Transformed into home, but burnt down in the 1980s. | |
Tannersville | Tannersvile | 1883 | 1939 | Original station replaced with pre-fabricated designed station. One of only two branch line stations left open by New York Central. Converted to Town Center/snow plow garage. Burnt down in the 1970s. | |
Haines Falls | Haines Falls | 1883 | 1932 | Formerly known as Haines Corners Station until town received name change. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Currently the headquarters of the Mountain Top Historical Society. | |
Laurel House | none | none present | 1883 | 1932 | Formerly a platform. Converted tp pre-fabricated station in 1900. Run as flagstop by New York Central. Burnt down by State of New York in the 1960s. |
Kaaterskill | Kaaterskill | none present | 1884 | 1932 | Burnt down in the 1960s. |
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