Fortuna station (SEPTA)

Fortuna
Newly-constructed high level platform in 2017
General information
Location	101 Cowpath Road (PA 463) Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446
Coordinates	40°15′08″N75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°W / 40.2523; -75.2756
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus : 132
Construction
Parking	33
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Electrified	July 26, 1931 [1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station 9th Street toward Penn Medicine Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line Colmar toward Doylestown
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Lansdale Terminus Doylestown Branch Colmar toward Doylestown
Location

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 Township, 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

References

1. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
2. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
3. Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Media related to Fortuna station at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Fortuna station
• December 28, 2001 Bob Vogel photo (NYC Subways.org)
• Station from Cowpath Road from Google Maps Street View