Newtown (SEPTA station)
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Newtown is an abandoned train station on Penn Street in Newtown, Pennsylvania. The station was the final stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. In the railroad's original plans, the line was to continue to the north, but this expansion was never built. Newtown Station was built in 1873 and torn down in 1960. A new shelter was constructed in 1976. It later became a part of SEPTA's R8 Newtown Line. The station, and all of those north of Fox Chase, was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Newtown station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. The shelter was torn down in 2004. [1]
[edit] External links
- Picture of Newtown Station shelter, pre-SEPTA era.
- Picture of diesel (RDC) train awaiting departure from Newtown Station, shortly before end of service.
[edit] Notes
| Preceding station |  SEPTA |
Following station | ||
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(closed 1983)
toward Chestnut Hill West
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R8 | Terminus |
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