Quakertown station
Quakertown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former SEPTA regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Quakertown Train Station Historical Society | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bethlehem Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (originally 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | quakertowntrainstation.org | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | July 26, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wilson Brothers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 00000382[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic
diesel-powered lines.[4] SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[2]
Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "SEPTA Cuts Local Service". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
- ^ The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). "Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 49. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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