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Perkasie station

Coordinates: 40°22′28″N 75°17′48″W / 40.3744°N 75.2968°W / 40.3744; -75.2968
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Perkasie
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Train Station and Union Hotel in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA, shown in a 1910 postcard.
Train station and Union Hotel in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA, shown in a 1910 postcard.
General information
Location8th Street, Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
USA
Coordinates40°22′28″N 75°17′48″W / 40.3744°N 75.2968°W / 40.3744; -75.2968
Operated byNorth Pennsylvania Railroad, Reading Company, Conrail, SEPTA Regional Rail
Line(s)Bethlehem Branch
Tracks2
Train operatorsNorth Pennsylvania Railroad, Reading Company, Conrail, SEPTA Regional Rail
Construction
ParkingNo
AccessibleNo
History
ClosedJuly 26, 1981[1]
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Lansdale Bethlehem Line Quakertown
toward Allentown
Sellersville
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Sellersville Bethlehem Branch Rockhill
toward Bethlehem
Location
Map

Perkasie is a defunct train station formerly operated by SEPTA Regional Rail in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA.[2] It closed on July 29, 1981, after SEPTA cancelled its diesel train routes.[3]

The station was formerly operated by the Reading Company and later by Conrail and SEPTA. East Penn Railroad operates freight trains on the line between Lansdale, and beyond. However, active track ends just north of Quakertown.

The Perkasie Tunnel is located near the station.[4]

The station was formerly equipped with a water tower, of which not a trace remains. [5]

Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans used a separate station at Walnut and Penn, several blocks to the south and east.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "SEPTA Cuts Local Service". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Official Railway Guide". National Railway Publication Company. 1980.
  3. ^ Lockerby, Ken (March 26, 1981). "SEPTA Votes to Trim 2 Rail Lines". Philadelphia Daily News. ... the SEPTA board yesterday voted to cut service on two commuter rail lines. The SEPTA board made the cuts because four of the counties served by the two lines Lehigh, Northampton. Schuylkill and Berks have refused to help subsidize them. As of April 1. unless the counties offer to help SEPTA financially, service will stop on the Quakertown-Bethlehem line to Centre Valley, Hellertown and Bethlehem.
  4. ^ Spivey, Justin M. (April 2001). "North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "MEMORIES OF PERKASIE". Perkasie Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  6. ^ The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). "Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved January 25, 2019.