Colmar station (SEPTA)

Colmar
SEPTA Regional Rail station
Colmar station
Location Bethlehem Pike & Walnut Street
Colmar, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates 40°16′06″N 75°15′15″W / 40.2684°N 75.2542°W / 40.2684; -75.2542Coordinates: 40°16′06″N 75°15′15″W / 40.2684°N 75.2542°W / 40.2684; -75.2542
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Doylestown Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 288
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 4
History
Previous names Line Lexington(1856–1871)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Lansdale/​Doylestown Line
toward Doylestown

Colmar station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Colmar, Pennsylvania. Located at Bethlehem Pike (PA-309) and Walnut Street, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. In FY 2013, Colmar station had a weekday average of 370 boardings and 369 alightings.[1]

Colmar station was originally built in 1856 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad as Line Lexington Station, despite being located 1½ miles away from the Village of Line Lexington. In January 1871 a new post office near the station named the surrounding community "Jenkins" and was renamed "Ainsworth" in June of that year, but neither had any effect on the name of the station until two weeks later, when both the village and the station were named "Colmar," which has remained the name of the station ever since.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.  (539 KB)
  2. ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Hatfield Township, Pennsylvania Archived 2009-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
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