AURORA, KANSAS
Aurora Passenger Schedule November 29, 1942
12:02am Westbound No. 507 Daily U.P. Motor M.V. JCT to C.O. JCT
5:33am Westbound No. 175 Daily ex-Sunday U.P. Mixed M.V. JCT to C.O. JCT
6:08am Eastbound No. 506 Daily U.P. Motor C.O. JCT to M.V. JCT
s7:55am Westbound No. 73 Daily Except Sunday Mixed Neva to Superior, Nebraska. Strong City District
s8:30amam Westbound No. 51 Daily Except Sunday Doodlebug Emporia to Concordia First and Strong City Districts
s8:30am Westbound No. 55 Sunday only Mixed Emporia to Concordia First and Strong City Districts
s12:57pm Eastbound No. 56 Sunday only Mixed Emporia from Concordia First and Strong City Districts
s1:00pm Eastbound No. 52 Daily except Sunday Doodlebug Emporia from Concordia First and Strong City Districts
s2:17pm Eastbound No. 74 Daily except Sunday Neva from Superior, Nebraska Strong City District
3:54pm Eastbound No. 176 U.P. Mixed Daily ex-Sunday C.O. JCT to M.V. JCT
This depot has been moved off site and is in use by the local Co Op, or may have been forgotten by the Co Op. A trackside view of this depot can be seen in Wheat Lines and Super Freights by Joe McMillian on page 49. My photos were taken in March of 1997
This photo was taken from a broken window (no I did not break it so don't call the Aurora Co Op!) The reader is asked to imagine branch line passenger service. Up until the coming of Amtrak in May of 1971, railroads in Kansas still operated mixed passenger service due to an old state law. After 1968 mixed service was operated in a waycar as all of the the combine cars had been retired. It had to be an experience to step into the depot at Aurora, purchase a ticket from the agent and ride to Abilene or Superior, Nebraska in a waycar. As you can tell from the photo those days are long gone but the word tickets still shows above the ticket window.