Middletown (Amtrak station)
| Middletown Amtrak station |
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| Address | Union and Mill Streets Middletown, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°11′33.5″N 76°43′52″W / 40.192639°N 76.73111°WCoordinates: 40°11′33.5″N 76°43′52″W / 40.192639°N 76.73111°W | ||||||||||
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| Connections |  CAT: 7 |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Baggage check | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1990 | ||||||||||
| Code | MID | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 66,302  3% |
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Middletown Station is an Amtrak railroad station on the Keystone Corridor in Middletown, Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The station is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service between New York City and Harrisburg. The current station was built in 1990, but a planned relocation of the station is expected to be completed in 2013.
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[edit] Services and facilities
The Middletown station is located on Mill Street, off of Pennsylvania Route 441 (South Union Street). In addition to being used by residents of Middletown, the station is also popular with commuters heading to Harrisburg and Philadelphia who utilize its free parking.[1] It sees twenty-three arrivals by the Keystone Service on weekdays—twelve from New York Penn Station and eleven from Harrisburg. Only eight trains from New York on Saturday and seven on Sunday; one fewer trains serve the station come from Harrisburg.[2] The station is 10 miles (16 km) east of Harrisburg, 94 miles (151 km) west of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, and 185 miles (298 km) from New York.[2] In 2011, the station saw a ridership of 66,302 passengers, an increase of 3.0 percent from 2010.[3][4]
The station consists of only a platform and a shelter. As the Middletown station is unstaffed, all tickets from the station need to be pre-paid, or purchased from a conductor onboard the train.[5] Capital Area Transit's Route 7 transit bus passes near the station on Union Street between Middletown, Harrisburg International Airport, and downtown Harrisburg.[6]
[edit] History
A railroad was first laid through Middletown in 1836 by the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad, which was taken over by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1850.[7] A brick station was built in 1902, but was demolished in the 1970s.[7] Prior to the introduction of the Keystone Service in 1981, Middletown was served by the Big Apple, the Silverliner Service, and the Keystone.[8] A shelter and concrete platform was built in 1990 by Amtrak.[7] From 1991 to 1995, the Atlantic City Express served the station on weekends.[9][10]
[edit] Relocation
The Middletown station is in need of being relocated because it currently on a superelevated curve and also does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[11] It is to be moved to a location at Ann Street and Pennsylvania Route 230, between the current station and Harrisburg International Airport.[11] The new station would be completed by 2013 and would cost $30 million. Eighty percent of funding would be provided by the Federal Transit Administration and rest from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).[11]
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[edit] References
- ^ Miller, Barbara (October 31, 2010). "Train riders await decision on Middletown Amtrak station". The Patriot-News (Harrisburg). http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/train_riders_await_decision_on.html. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ a b "Keystone Service" (PDF). Amtrak. November 7, 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249233432295&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_W10.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/PENNSYLVANIA11.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2010, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/PENNSYLVANIA10.pdf. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Middletown, PA (MID)". Amtrak. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=MID. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Route 7: Middletown" (PDF). Capital Area Transit. September 6, 2011. http://www.cattransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Route-7-Middletown-2011.09.06.pdf. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c Kagen, David Ira; Sunbery, Edward William (2009). Middletown Borough. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. p. 86. ISBN 9780738564722.
- ^ Amtrak National Train Timetables. Amtrak. April 26–October 24, 1981. pp. 22–23.
- ^ Amtrak System Train Timetables. Amtrak. April 7–October 26, 1991. p. 29.
- ^ Amtrak Northeast Timetable. Amtrak. October 30, 1994. p. 27.
- ^ a b c Zimmerman, Phyllis (September 4, 2011). "PennDOT creates plan to complete Middletown Amtrak station by 2013". The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/09/penndot_creates_plan_to_comple.html. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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