Editing Middletown, Ohio (section)

==Transportation==
[[Ohio State Route 4]] runs north–south through Middletown. [[Ohio State Route 73]] and [[Ohio State Route 122]] run east–west through the city. Ohio State Route 122 accesses [[Interstate 75 in Ohio|Interstate 75]] running to the east of Middletown.

Middletown had multiple railroad stations serving the different railroads running through the city, [[Baltimore and Ohio]], [[Erie Railroad]], [[New York Central]] (earlier, the [[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway]]) and [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Index of Railroad Stations|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=54 |issue=1 |date=January 1921}}</ref> The last passenger trains were the Baltimore and Ohio's ''[[Cincinnatian]]'' and [[Penn Central]]'s Cincinnati-Columbus train, both ending in 1971.<ref>"Project 1971," U. S. Passenger Trains operating on the eve of Amtrak, Reference: Journey to Amtrak; Harold A. Edmonson, Ed.; Kalmbach Publications; ©1972 https://www.streamlinerschedules.com/project1971.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720173929/http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/project1971.html |date=July 20, 2019 }}</ref>

Transit service was formerly provided by the privately owned Ortman-Stewart Transportation Company, which ceased operations at the end of 1972.<ref name="North Verity 1977">{{Cite web |title=Photograph of the Middletown's downtown bus stop on North Verity Parkway, Middletown, Ohio, 1977 July |url=https://midpointedigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/CityofMidd/id/1199/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Midpointe Digital Archives |language=en}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{Cite web |title=Toddy Ortman Obituary (2007) - Butler County, OH - Journal-News |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/hamilton/name/toddy-ortman-obituary?id=28021464 |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> --> Today, the [[Butler County Regional Transit Authority]] provides bus service in the city with connections to [[Hamilton, Ohio|Hamilton]], [[Oxford, Ohio|Oxford]], as well as [[Springdale, Ohio|Springdale]], where riders can transfer to the [[Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority]] serving greater [[Cincinnati]].<ref name="North Verity 1977" />