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{{Infobox Station
| style              = Amtrak
| name               = Sandusky, OH
| image              = LS&MRR SANDUSKY.jpg
| image_caption      = 
| address            = 1200 North Depot Street
| borough            = [[Sandusky, Ohio]]
| country            = United States
| connections        = {{bus icon}} '''Sandusky Transit System:''' Purple Line
| platform           = 1 [[side platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = Yes
| bicycle            = 
| mpassengers        = {{rail pass box |system=Amtrak |passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Sandusky}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationOH}} |pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| opened             = 1892 (NYC)<br />July 29, 1979 (Amtrak)
| closed             = 1971
| rebuilt            = 
| accessible         = Yes
| code               = {{Amtrak code|SKY}}
| owned              = 
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=Floridian|left1=Toledo|right1=Elyria|to-left1=Chicago|to-right1=Miami
    |line2=Lake Shore Limited|left2=Toledo|right2=Elyria
  }}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=Pennsylvanian|left1=Toledo|right1=Elyria|to-left1=Chicago|to-right1=Philadelphia|note-mid1=1998&ndash;2003
    |line2=Capitol Limited|left2=Toledo|right2=Elyria|note-mid2=1990&ndash;2024
  |system3=New York Central Railroad
    |line3=main|left3=Venice|right3=Huron
  }}
| architect          = [[Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge]]
| architectural_style = Richardson
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|26|26|N|82|43|7|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-custom    = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
| map_type           = Ohio#USA
| nrhp               = {{Infobox NRHP 
  | embed = yes
  | name = Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad Depot
  | nrhp_type = 
  | area = Less than {{convert|1|acre|sigfig=1}}
  | built = 1891
  | added = July 17, 1975
  | refnum = 75001389<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
  }}
}}

'''Sandusky station''' is an [[Amtrak]] station in [[Sandusky, Ohio]]. Located at 1200 North Depot Street, the station consists of an uncovered platform on the north side of the east–west tracks, a small parking lot, and two buildings. The former [[Railway Express Agency]]/baggage building is boarded up, while the main building has a small, remodeled waiting room for Amtrak passengers as well as offices for the Sandusky Transit System and North Central EMS.

The Sandusky station was originally built in 1892 by the [[Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway]]. It was designed by architects [[Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge]] and was also a work of [[A. Feick & Bros.]], and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name=nris /> In the heyday of passenger train travel in the first six decades of the 20th century the station was a local stop, bypassed by most New York Central named trains on the Chicago-New York City circuit. Exceptions were the ''Iroquois'' and the ''Chicagoan'''s eastbound trip. Additionally, the Cleveland-Detroit ''[[Cleveland Mercury]]'' made a stop at Sandusky.<ref>New York Central Timetable, July 15, 1956, Tables 1, 2, 7, 15</ref> Passenger services ended in 1971, but were reinstated on July 29, 1979 when Amtrak added it as a stop on the ''[[Lake Shore Limited]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Sandusky Train Service Attracts Large Crowd To Ceremony |url=https://history.amtrak.com/archives/i-amtrak-news-i-august-1979 |access-date=30 November 2021 |agency=Amtrak News |publisher=Amtrak |date=August 1979}}</ref>

The station is served by the [[Floridian (train)|''Floridian'']] and ''Lake Shore Limited'' routes, both of which pass through Sandusky in the middle of the night. Because the station consists of only one platform, eastbound trains switch to the usual westbound tracks to pass the station.

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== External links ==
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{{Amtrak web|SKY|Sandusky, OH}}
*[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/sandusky.htm Sandusky Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)]

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[[Category:Amtrak stations in Ohio]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sandusky, Ohio]]
[[Category:Transportation in Erie County, Ohio]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Former New York Central Railroad stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892]]
[[Category:1892 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1979]]
[[Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971]]
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