Fortuna station

**Fortuna**
Fortuna
	SEPTA regional rail station
	Newly-constructed high level platform in 2017
Location	Hatfield Valley Road & Walnut Street; Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°15′08″N 75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°WCoordinates: 40°15′08″N 75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Doylestown Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	33
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
Electrified	Yes
Services

Fortuna station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located near the corner of North Broad Street and Cowpath Road (Route 463) in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Cowpath Road was originally an actual cow path. In FY 2013, Fortuna station had a weekday average of 60 boardings and 103 alightings.^[1] As part of an out of court settlement with the owners of a cow killed by a Reading Railroad train at the crossing, the station was named Fortuna in honor of the deceased cow.^[2]

References

↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
↑ Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)

[fortunacow-2] Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.