Buckingham Valley station

Buckingham Valley is a defunct station on the Reading Company's New Hope Branch. The original station building, designed by Furness, Evans & Company in 1891, closed in 1952 and was demolished in 1953.[1] The current station building was relocated to this site from the Valley Forge Scenic Railroad about 1970.[1]

Buckingham Valley
New Hope Railroad heritage station
Construction
Structure typeDepot
History
Opened1891
Closed1952
demolished 1953
Rebuilt1969
Services
Preceding station New Hope and Ivyland Railroad Following station
Wycombe
toward Warminster
Main Line Lahaska
toward New Hope
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Montessori School
service ended 1954
toward Glenside
New Hope Branch Bycot
service ended 1954
toward New Hope

The station is currently on the line used by the New Hope Railroad. While the station sits dormant, the property is currently used for Maintenance-Of-Way storage.

References

  1. Josh Musser. "Buckingham Valley station". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27.

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