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[[Image:Southampton Station.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Abandoned station in Southampton]] |
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'''Southampton''' is an abandoned train station located on Second Street Pike ([[Pennsylvania Route 232|PA-232]]) near Knowles Avenue in [[Upper Southampton Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Southampton]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the [[Reading Railroad]]'s Newtown Line. It later became a part of [[SEPTA]]'s [[R8 (SEPTA)#R8 Fox Chase|R8 Newtown Line]]. The station, and all of those north of [[Fox Chase (SEPTA station)|Fox Chase]], was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Southampton station still appears in publicly posted [[Tariff (disambiguation)|tariffs]]. There are ongoing efforts to raise funds for the station's restoration.<ref>>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Train station's restoration to cost $350,000|work=Bucks County Courier Times |date=[[October 4]] [[2006]] }}</ref> |
'''Southampton''' is an abandoned train station located on Second Street Pike ([[Pennsylvania Route 232|PA-232]]) near Knowles Avenue in [[Upper Southampton Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Southampton]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the [[Reading Railroad]]'s Newtown Line. It later became a part of [[SEPTA]]'s [[R8 (SEPTA)#R8 Fox Chase|R8 Newtown Line]]. The station, and all of those north of [[Fox Chase (SEPTA station)|Fox Chase]], was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Southampton station still appears in publicly posted [[Tariff (disambiguation)|tariffs]]. There are ongoing efforts to raise funds for the station's restoration.<ref>>{{cite news |first=|last=|title=Train station's restoration to cost $350,000|work=Bucks County Courier Times |date=[[October 4]] [[2006]] }}</ref> |
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Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. In addition, the shuttle did not drop off passengers at the Fox Chase Station site directly, nor did it attempt to make tight connections with departing an and arriving R8 trains. The reality was that the traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, a point pro-rail advocate continue to push. |
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[[Image:Southfire1982station.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Fiery crash at Southampton station in 1982. Station site is to the right.]] |
[[Image:Southfire1982station.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Fiery crash at Southampton station in 1982. Station site is to the right.]] |
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Revision as of 15:43, 27 March 2009
Southampton is an abandoned train station located on Second Street Pike (PA-232) near Knowles Avenue in Upper Southampton, Pennsylvania. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. It later became a part of SEPTA's R8 Newtown Line. The station, and all of those north of Fox Chase, was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Southampton station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. There are ongoing efforts to raise funds for the station's restoration.[1]
Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. In addition, the shuttle did not drop off passengers at the Fox Chase Station site directly, nor did it attempt to make tight connections with departing an and arriving R8 trains. The reality was that the traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, a point pro-rail advocate continue to push.
Fire
On January 2 1982, the crossing at Second Street Pike just south of Southampton Station was the site of a fiery crash between a train, a gasoline truck, and a car.[2] Five people were injured and the accident caused flames to shoot fifty feet in the air and created a plume of black smoke visible for miles.[2] Witnesses to the accident said that the crossing signal equipment had not been working properly.[3] SEPTA general manager David L. Gunn ordered additional safety precautions, but service ceased just over a year after the accident.[4]
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Notes
- ^ >"Train station's restoration to cost $350,000". Bucks County Courier Times. October 4 2006.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Halsey, III, Ashley (January 3 1982). "5 Hurt in Fiery Rail Collision". Philadelphia Inquirer.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Stecklow, Steve (January 4 1982). "Clues Sought in Crash of Train, Truck". Philadelphia Inquirer.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Tulsky, Frederic N. (January 7 1982). "SEPTA Stiffens Rail Safety Rules". Philadelphia Inquirer.
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