Huntingdon Valley station

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Coordinates: 40°07′16″N 75°04′22″W / 40.1210°N 75.0729°W / 40.1210; -75.0729
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Huntingdon Valley
Dormant tracks and a private residence near the former site of Huntingdon Valley station.
General information
Location796 Welsh Road
Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°07′16″N 75°04′22″W / 40.1210°N 75.0729°W / 40.1210; -75.0729
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typestation shed (demolished)
AccessibleNo
History
ClosedJanuary 18, 1983[1]
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Walnut Hill
toward Reading Terminal
 Newtown Line Bryn Athyn
toward Newtown
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Fox Chase
toward Philadelphia
Newtown Branch
 Bryn Athyn
toward Newtown
Location
Map

Huntingdon Valley station is a former SEPTA Regional Rail station in

Fox Chase/Newtown Line. SEPTA
closed the station in 1983, and the shelter was subsequently demolished.

History

Huntingdon Valley station, and all of those north of Fox Chase station, was closed on January 18, 1983, due to failing diesel train equipment SEPTA had no desire to repair.[1]

In addition, a labor dispute began within the SEPTA organization when the transit operator inherited 1,700 displaced employees from

tariffs.[3]

Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown

shuttle bus
, patronage remained light, and the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999.

Surviving tracks were removed by Montgomery County in summer 2014 for construction of the $2 million Pennypack Trail extension.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ 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. Open access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. March 6, 2009. pp. 4–7. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on May 31, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  4. ^ Nussbaum, Paul (March 23, 2014). "Montco plans to convert more of rail line for recreation". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.septa.org/about/board/agenda-12-10-13.pdf SEPTA Board meeting minutes; December 10, 2013


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