Main Street station (SEPTA)

Main Street
SEPTA regional rail
Location Main & Markley Streets
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488Coordinates: 40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Norristown Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 92 spaces
Other information
Fare zone 3
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Manayunk/​Norristown Line
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   Lehigh Valley Transit Company   Following station
via Rink station
toward Allentown
Liberty Bell High Speed Line
Until 1951
toward 69th Street
Reading Railroad
toward North Broad
Norristown Branch
Terminus

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.

Old Norristown station configuration. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell High Speed Line was a continuation of the existing Norristown High Speed Line along Swede Road and then E. Airy Street before turning onto Markley Street where it meets up with the existing Manayunk/Norristown Line. The current Manayunk/Norristown Line continued to Valley Forge instead of going to Main Street along Lafayette Street.

References

  1. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.  (539 KB)
  2. ↑ "Liberty Bell High Speed Line".
  3. ↑ Old Norristown Main Street Reading Station photo
  4. ↑ Existing Railroad stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Side view.


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