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Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown [[Bustitution|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. |
Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown [[Bustitution|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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==Resumption of service== |
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The Newtown Board of Supervisors as well as regional planners in Bucks County have repeatedly pushed for the resumption of regular commuter service since 1983.<ref>[http://www.r8newtown.com/documents/Newtown1998endorserail.pdf 1998 endorsement]</ref> In an effort to appease SEPTA, Newtown explored the option of utilize [[Electro-diesel locomotive|electric/diesel locomotives]] on the branch, which would be considerably less expense than electrifying the line.<ref>[http://www.http://www.twp.newtown.pa.us/bos/2007/20070813minws.htm twp.newtown.pa.us]</ref> Despite constant pleas, SEPTA has no immediate plans to reactivate the line nor relinquish the railway to another operator. |
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==Popular culture== |
==Popular culture== |
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Revision as of 16:14, 18 August 2009
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 Former Churchville Station. | |||||||||||
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| Location | Knowles Avenue and Bustleton Pike Churchville, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°11′06″N 75°00′49″W / 40.1849°N 75.0137°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 25 spaces | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1878, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 14, 1983 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Reading Railroad | ||||||||||
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Churchville is an abandoned train station located on Knowles Avenue and Bustleton Pike in Churchville, Pennsylvania. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line, and a replacement for another structure built in 1878. It later became a part of SEPTA's R8 Newtown Line.
The station, and all of those north of Fox Chase, was closed on January 14, 1983[1], 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 Churchville station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. The building has been restored and is now used as a private residence. The former station retains its SEPTA Regional Rail signs that were in use when the station was closed in 1983.
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.
Resumption of service
The Newtown Board of Supervisors as well as regional planners in Bucks County have repeatedly pushed for the resumption of regular commuter service since 1983.[2] In an effort to appease SEPTA, Newtown explored the option of utilize electric/diesel locomotives on the branch, which would be considerably less expense than electrifying the line.[3] Despite constant pleas, SEPTA has no immediate plans to reactivate the line nor relinquish the railway to another operator.
Popular culture
Independent filmmaker Tom Quinn used the Churchville train station in his film Lusting For Dust Words.
References
External links
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