Walnut Hill (SEPTA station)

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Abandoned tracks at the Walnut Hill station site
Abandoned tracks at the Walnut Hill station site

Walnut Hill is an abandoned train station located on Moredon Road in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. 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 Walnut Hill station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.

Walnut Hill station was a popular stop for passengers visiting the adjacent Pennypack Park.

Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
R8
(closed 1983)
toward Newtown