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| address=2586 Fetters Mill Road<br>[[Bryn Athyn, PA]] 19009 |
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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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Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. |
Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, and the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999. |
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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. |
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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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.thebluecomet.com/rdgHuntVlly.jpg Picture of the old Huntingdon Valley station area, now occupied by stone drive way for car wash] |
*[http://www.thebluecomet.com/rdgHuntVlly.jpg Picture of the old Huntingdon Valley station area, now occupied by stone drive way for car wash] |
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[[Category:Stations along Reading Company lines]] |
[[Category:Stations along Reading Company lines]] |
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[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1983]] |
[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1983]] |
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Revision as of 16:35, 5 May 2009
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 Abandoned tracks and a private residence near the former site of Huntindgon Valley station. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2586 Fetters Mill Road Bryn Athyn, PA 19009 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Closed | 1983 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Reading Railroad | ||||||||||
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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.
Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, and the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999.
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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