Geneva, New York

Geneva, NY is a city on the north end of Seneca Lake, the largest of the Finger Lakes in central New York State.  The map below shows the lines of the  Lehigh Valley Railroad in red and the New York Central Railroad in blue.

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Lehigh Valley

 
A 1908 view of the station
A 1996 view of the station

From 1876 to 1982 Geneva was the western terminus of the Lehigh Valley until the Buffalo and Geneva Railroad was completed giving the LV access to Buffalo.  The LV maintained a small yard and a very substantial passenger station in Geneva, as shown in this 1908 postcard.  This station was built in 1892 and was unlike any other on the railroad. This station still stands and is being renovated.

The Lehigh Valley's Naples Branch extended southwest 30 miles from Geneva to Naples and the Seneca Falls Branch extended 18 miles east across the northern end of Cayuga Lake to a connection at Cayuga Junction.

New York Central

Geneva was on the Auburn Branch of the New York Central Railroad (also known as the "Auburn Road").

A 1909 photo of the station
A 1912 photo of the station
A 1916 postcard of the New York Central station in Geneva
An undated photo of the station

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