Bryn Athyn station
Bryn Athyn | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bryn Athyn station, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 2586 Fetters Mill Road Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 19009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′49″N 75°04′15″W / 40.1302°N 75.0708°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 20 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1902 (RDG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 18, 1983[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryn Athyn station is a former railroad station in
Fox Chase/Newtown Line. It is located on Fetters Mill Road near the Pennypack Creek. The station is a contributing property to the Fetter's Mill Village Historic District.[2]
History
Bryn Athyn station, built in 1902, was a stop on the
Fox Chase were closed on January 18, 1983.[1]
In addition, a labor dispute began within the SEPTA organization when the transit operator inherited 1,700 displaced employees from
tariffs.[5]
Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light, and service was later cancelled. Surviving trackage was replaced with the Pennypack Trail rail trail.[6][7]
Station building
The building is currently used as a post office and community building. The former station canopy retains SEPTA signage installed in 1984 — one year after train service had ended.
References
- ^ a b Kennedy, Sara (October 21, 1983). "SEPTA to Boost Rail Service 13%". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1–2. Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (3/2/1934 - ) (June 2005). Pennsylvania SP Fetter's Mill Village Historic District. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Pennsylvania, 1964 - 2013.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "21 Persons Killed in Reading Wreck" (PDF). The New York Times. December 6, 1921. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ Tulsky, Fredric N. (January 29, 1982). "Conrail Staff Must Run Trains: court ruling bars SEPTA takeover". The Philadelphia Inquirer. SEPTA must use Conrail workers rather than its own personnel to run trains over the region's 13 commuter lines, a special federal court has ruled in a decision that offers some job assurance for 1,700 Conrail employees next year. The special court, in an opinion issued Wednesday, ruled that SEPTA had acted legally in October when it replaced Conrail workers with its former subway operators on the line.
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. March 6, 2009. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original(PDF) on May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Nussbaum, Paul (March 23, 2014). "Montco plans to convert more of rail line for recreation". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ^ http://www.septa.org/about/board/agenda-12-10-13.pdf Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine SEPTA Board meeting minutes; December 10, 2013
