He added the railroad company continued to use the station as a freight office until 1969. In 1906, the depot became a part of the New York Central Railroad, which provided connections between western Illinois and New York City.ĭelaware County Historical Society member Peter White, a lifelong resident of Delaware who retired from the railroad, said passenger train service at station came to an end in September 1965. Located at the corner of East Central Avenue and Lake Street, the rail depot has existed in Delaware for nearly 140 years dating back to 1885, when it was built by the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis (C. Columbus-based investment and development firm RiverWest Partners, which purchased the building in 2019 from CSX Transportation, plans to redevelop the depot into a “community destination” that could include a restaurant and office space. New life is set to be breathed back into Delaware’s historic CSX rail depot. Pictured is a rendering of the proposed redevelopment of the historic train station in Delaware as viewed from Lake Street.
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