Persia, NY is a hamlet Cattaraugus County southeast of Dayton. It was a station on the original main line of the Erie Railroad. This line was operated by the New York and Erie Rail Road (1851 – 1861), the Erie Railway (1861 – 1878), the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad (1878 – 1895), the Erie Railroad (1895 – 1960), the The Erie Lackawanna Railroad (1960 – 1970). The section from Cattaraugus to Dayton, including Persia, went out of service in 1970 due to a washout on the line.
The only information about the location is from one Erie Railroad map showing a small depot on the north side of the tracks just to the east of the point where the tracks crossed Persia Road.
Timetables
A portion of an August 21, 1927 Erie Railroad timetable showing trains between Dunkirk and Salamanca, NY. jon-n-bevliles.net.
An April 29, 1934 timetable of trains on the former Erie Railroad main line between Salamanca and Dunkirk, NY. www.jon-n-bevliles.net
A portion of an September 28, 1941 Erie Railroad timetable showing trains between Dunkirk and Salamanca, NY. Jon Habegger collection. wx4.org