Hellertown station

Hellertown
Former railroad station
Location 1090 Front Street
Hellertown, Pennsylvania
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access No
History
Opened c. 1851
Closed July 1, 1981
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Bethlehem Line
Closed 1981
toward Allentown
Reading Railroad
toward Fern Rock
Bethlehem Branch
Terminus

Hellertown station is a former train station in Hellertown, Pennsylvania on the former Bethlehem Line. The station was last used by SEPTA diesel service and was closed in July 1981 after SEPTA terminated all diesel routes.[1][2] The station was razed in 1982.[1]

In 1871, the station was one of 33 stations of a 54.6-mile line of the North Penn Railroad that ran from Berks St. in Philadelphia to Bethlehem Union Station.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment. Truman State University Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780943549989.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Business Directory and Gazetteer of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Containing the Names, Business, and Post Office Address of Merchants, Manufacturers, Professional Men and Farmers. Jenkins & Atkinson. 1871. p. 345.


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