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'''Huntingdon Valley''' is an abandoned train station located on Terwood Road near Old Welsh Road ([[Pennsylvania State Route 63|PA 63]]) in [[Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Moreland]], [[Pennsylvania]], not far from the [[Pennypack Creek]]. The station 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 Huntingdon Valley station still appears in publicly posted [[tariff]]s. |
'''Huntingdon Valley''' is an abandoned train station located on Terwood Road near Old Welsh Road ([[Pennsylvania State Route 63|PA 63]]) in [[Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Moreland]], [[Pennsylvania]], not far from the [[Pennypack Creek]]. The station 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 Huntingdon Valley station still appears in publicly posted [[tariff]]s. |
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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 advocates continue to push. |
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Revision as of 15:47, 27 March 2009
Huntingdon Valley is an abandoned train station located on Terwood Road near Old Welsh Road (PA 63) in Lower Moreland, Pennsylvania, not far from the Pennypack Creek. The station 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 Huntingdon Valley station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.
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 advocates continue to push.
Currently, the stone driveway of a car wash infringes upon the right-of-way at the site of the former station. There is little trace of the former station as of 2009, though SEPTA signage remains and can be clearly seen from the adjacent Welsh Road.
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