Williamsville, NY is village within the town of Amherst in Erie County, NY. It was the only station on the Niagara Falls branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad between Niagara Junction in Depew and Suspension Bridge in Niagara Falls. It still stands and is now the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot museum operated by the Western New York Railway Historical Society.
History
The station was constructed in 1896 and still stands.
Clippings
Station Photographs
The Lehigh Valley Railroad station in Williamville, NY in 1950. G. M. Leilich photo from the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society collection, posted on Facebook.
Lehigh Valley RS-11 locomotive number 7648 pulls a train past the station in Williamsville, NY, probably in the early 1970s. Photo from the Greg Gunshore collection posted by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society on Facebook.
The Former Lehigh Valley Railway station in Williamsville, NY, now the Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot museum. Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot Facebook page.
Maps
Timetables
Learn More
- Facebook. “Williamsville Lehigh Valley Depot“
- Western New York Railway Historical Society
- Wikipedia. “Williamsville, New York“