Locksley station (Pennsylvania)
Locksley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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tourist railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 101 Locksley Road, Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania 19319 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°55′50″N 75°30′21″W / 39.9306°N 75.5058°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | West Chester Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | shelter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1891 1997 (as heritage railway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | October 4, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | December 2, 1928[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Locksley station is a disused railroad station in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It previously served the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and later SEPTA Regional Rail's R3 West Chester Line. SEPTA closed the station in 1986. In 1997, this portion of the line was reopened by the West Chester Railroad heritage railway for weekend excursions; the company restored the Locksley station building.
History
Pennsylvania Railroad established Locksley station on May 24, 1890, based on a petition from the residents of the locality. The name, according to a 1901 newspaper article, did not originate from the area, but was chosen by the superintendent of that division of the railroad from a volume of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
manual block position-light signal
stands near the station site. Remains of the Dyer Stone Quarry and Thorndale Mills are also visible from the station.
References
- ^ Tulsky, Fredric N. (September 24, 1981). "Rail Cuts Approved by SEPTA". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 23. Retrieved October 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.