Lewistown Station Traditional Cache
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Lewistown Station, opened in 1849, it was the Pennsylvania Railroad’s first train station.
The station is the oldest surviving structure known to have been built by the PA railroad. The station was constructed as a freight handling warehouse. In 1868 the station was renovated and concerted into a passenger station. As a staffed ticket-selling point, Lewistown station closed in 1977.
A few years later, the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society purchased the building and restored it for eventual use as an archives center. The society still maintains a small waiting room for passengers riding Amtrak trains.
Fifty to sixty freight trains a day operate on the former PRR main line, now owned by Norfolk Southern, and the branch lines are operated by the Juniata Valley Railroad.
Lewistown Station is currently only served by Amtrak's Pennsylvanian, which operates once per day in each direction.The Pennsylvanian is a 444-mile (715 km) daytime Amtrak train running between New York and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia. The trains travel through Pennsylvania's capital, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and pass through New Jersey up to New York. The train runs once daily in each direction. The entire train ride takes about 9 hours total, with 1.5 hours between New York and Philadelphia, 2 hours between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and 5.5 hours between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
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