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 The station at Langhorne in February 2012 from the abandoned outbound platform. The new station depot, constructed in 2010, is visible on the inbound platform. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Bellevue (PA 413) & Comly Avenues Langhorne Manor, PA (Langhorne address), 19047 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°09′39″N 74°54′47″W / 40.1608°N 74.9131°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 14 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 129, 130 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 236 free/123 with permits | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 3 racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | April 27, 1876 (ceremonial service)[1] May 1, 1876 (regular service)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1881[3] 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[4] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 404 boardings 426 alightings (weekday average)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 65 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Langhorne station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey, United States. It is located at Bellevue (PA 413) & Comly Avenues in Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania.[6][7]
The station has off-street parking, a ticket office, and bicycle racks. In FY 2013, Langhorne station had a weekday average of 643 boardings and 688 alightings.[8]
Langhorne station was originally built by the Reading Railroad in 1881.[9] On May 29, 2009, SEPTA announced a $2.3 million plan to replace the existing station.[10] On April 6, 2010, the original station was demolished in order to make room for its replacement.
It is near the borough limits of Penndel.[11]
Station layout
Langhorne consists of a single low-level side platform adjacent to the inbound track. Access to the outbound track is via concrete crossovers of the inbound track.
Gallery
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Train at Langhorne station in February 2011 -
A Center City-bound train stops at Langhorne station in December 2017 -
A Center City-bound train stops at Langhorne station in February 2019
Bibliography
- Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor.
References
- ^ "Opening a New Rail Route". The Lancaster Intelligencer. May 3, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Poor 1865, p. 711.
- ^ "Existing Railroad Stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Zoning Map 2005". Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ "Langhorne Station". SEPTA. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
- ^ Pennsylvania Railroad Stations; Past & Present
- ^ Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers
- ^ "Getting Around/Map/Mass Transit". Penndel, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
It is also easily accessible from Langhorne train station, right outside of Penndel's Borough limits.
External links
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