Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line

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Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
Operating speed	110 mph (180 km/h)
Signalling	Cab signalling
Route map Legend MP SEPTA Main Line via Center City Connection 0.0 Suburban Station Schuylkill River Northeast Corridor 1.0 30th Street Station 1.9 Zoo Junction Northeast Corridor 4.0 Cynwyd Line (Valley Junction) 4.1 Overbrook Yard 5.4 Overbrook 6.0 Merion 6.8 Narberth 7.4 Wynnewood 8.5 Ardmore 9.1 Haverford 10.1 Bryn Mawr 10.9 Rosemont 12.0 Villanova 13.0 Radnor 13.7 St. Davids 14.5 Wayne 15.4 Strafford 16.4 Devon 17.5 Berwyn 18.6 Daylesford 19.9 Paoli 21.6 Malvern Dale Secondary 23.9 Frazer Yard 25.5 Glen Junction 27.5 Exton 28.3 Whitford 32.4 Downingtown 35.5 Thorndale 38.4 Coatesville 44.2 Parkesburg Paradise (planned) 57.0 Leaman Junction (Strasburg Rail Road) 67.0 Holland Junction (New Holland Industrial) 67.9 Conestoga Junction 68.0 Lancaster 68.1 Cork Junction (Columbia Secondary) 70.0 Lititz Junction (Lititz Secondary) 80.1 Mount Joy 86.8 Elizabethtown 94.5 Roy Junction (Royalton Branch) 94.7 Middletown 104.4 State Junction (Harrisburg Line) 104.6 Harrisburg Transportation Center Pittsburgh Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line is a

Philadelphia's Broad Street Station was the original start of the line. It was replaced by Suburban Station, the headquarters for the Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1930. Current service patterns dictate that all passenger rail service on the line begins 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Suburban Station at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia's primary commercial rail station.

History

20th century

The Main Line runs along the route of the former Pennsylvania Main Line and passes through the Philadelphia Main Line, the suburban region for which it is named. The Pennsylvania Railroad originally electrified this line in the 1930s, but it fell into disuse in the 1980s under Amtrak's traction power system.^[3][4]

21st century

Amtrak and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation restored electrical service in October 2006.^[5] This allows speeds up to 110 miles per hour.^[6]

The line received about $26 million from the 2009 Federal

In the 2000s, there was discussion of initiating commuter rail service from Lancaster to Harrisburg, known as the Capital Red Rose Corridor, but the proposal was subsequently abandoned.^[11]

Amtrak's

Freight

Sunbury Line or Allentown to Perryville, Maryland.^[1]

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides the subsidies for Amtrak for the Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian passenger routes that operate on this line.

Stations

See also: Keystone Service

All stations are located in Pennsylvania.

Milepost (km)	Station	Location	Current station opened	Services			Connections
				P/T	KS	PA
0.0 mi (0 km)	Suburban Station	Philadelphia	September 28, 1930	●			125
1.0 mi (1.6 km)	30th Street Station		1933[12]	●	●	●	LUCY ; SEPTA Suburban Bus: 124, 125
5.4 mi (8.7 km)	Overbrook		1860	●			G
6.0 mi (9.7 km)	Merion	Lower Merion	1914	●
6.8 mi (10.9 km)	Narberth	Narberth	September 11, 1915[13]	●			SEPTA City Bus: 44
7.4 mi (11.9 km)	Wynnewood	Wynnewood	1870[14]	●			105
8.5 mi (13.7 km)	Ardmore	Ardmore	1870[14]	●	●		106
9.1 mi (14.6 km)	Haverford	Haverford	1880[14]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106
10.1 mi (16.3 km)	Bryn Mawr	Bryn Mawr	1869[14]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106
10.9 mi (17.5 km)	Rosemont	Rosemont	1871	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106
12.0 mi (19.3 km)	Villanova	Radnor	1890[15]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
13.0 mi (20.9 km)	Radnor		1872[16]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
13.7 mi (22.0 km)	St. Davids		1890[15]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
14.5 mi (23.3 km)	Wayne		1884	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
15.4 mi (24.8 km)	Strafford	Tredyffrin	1876	●
16.4 mi (26.4 km)	Devon	Easttown	1890[17]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
17.5 mi (28.2 km)	Berwyn		1884[17]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
18.6 mi (29.9 km)	Daylesford	Tredyffrin		●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
19.9 mi (32.0 km)	Paoli	Paoli	1893[18]	●	●	●	206
21.6 mi (34.8 km)	Malvern	Malvern	1900	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 92
27.5 mi (44.3 km)	Exton	Exton	1981	●	●	EB	135; WCU Shuttle
28.3 mi (45.5 km)	Whitford		1880	●
32.4 mi (52.1 km)	Downingtown	Downingtown		●	●		SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135
35.5 mi (57.1 km)	Thorndale	Thorndale	November 22, 1999[19]	●			SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135
38.4 mi (61.8 km)	Coatesville	Coatesville	1868[18]		●		SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135; TMACC: Coatesville Link
44.2 mi (71.1 km)	Parkesburg	Parkesburg	1905[18]		●		TMACC: Coatesville Link
68.0 mi (109.4 km)	Lancaster	Lancaster	1929[18]		●	●	Red Rose Transit Authority: 3, 6, 10, 11, 19
80.1 mi (128.9 km)	Mount Joy	Mount Joy			●		Red Rose Transit Authority: 18
86.8 mi (139.7 km)	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown	1915		●	●	Red Rose Transit Authority: 18
94.7 mi (152.4 km)	Middletown	Middletown	1990[18]		●		CAT: 7
104.6 mi (168.3 km)	Harrisburg Transportation Center	Harrisburg	1887[18]		●	●	Fullington Trailways Greyhound Lines

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14. ^ ^{a b c d} Existing Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
15. ^ ^{a b} Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived October 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ Morgan's Corner P&C RR station, 1856 (Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
17. ^ ^{a b} Existing Railroad Stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
18. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Building Great American Stations". Amtrak. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
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