Main Street station (SEPTA)
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Location | 305 West Main Street Norristown, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 92 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is one of the two stations on the short electrified branch to Elm Street in Norristown. This branch leaves the main (diesel-only) line to Pottsville and Reading. Currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, the Reading Railroad once operated passenger service on that line. The station has 76 parking spaces. It is located at Main and Markley Streets. In FY 2013, Main Street station had a weekday average of 189 boardings and 181 alightings.[1]
History
The original Main Street structure was originally the last Lehigh Valley Transit Company stop on the Liberty Bell Limited (also known as the Liberty Bell High Speed Line) from Allentown to Philadelphia, turning onto Mount Airy Street going towards what is now the Norristown Transportation Center (formerly the Lafayette Street station) and formerly connected with the Norristown High Speed Line.[2] In the 1960s, the Reading Railroad built a replacement structure to connect to the Pottsville Line as a spur.[3] It also served the Stony Creek Branch to Lansdale.[4] In 1981, SEPTA abandoned the main route towards Pottstown and used the route to Elm Street to be part of the Manayunk/Norristown line.
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Station layout
P Platform level | |
All trains | ← Manayunk/Norristown Line toward 30th Street or Penn Medicine (Norristown) Manayunk/Norristown Line toward Elm Street – Norristown (Terminus) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
References
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
- ^ "Liberty Bell High Speed Line".
- ^ Old Norristown Main Street Reading Station photo
- ^ Existing Railroad stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
External links
- SEPTA – Norristown Main Street Station
- Original Norristown Main Street Reading Railroad Station
- Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View
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