Hellertown station

Hellertown
Hellertown station location on the Saucon Rail Trail
General information
Location	1090 Front Street, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Line	Bethlehem Line
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Accessible	No
History
Opened	c. 1851
Closed	June 30, 1981 [1]
Electrified	No
Key dates
December 6, 1982	Station depot razed [2]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Centre Valley toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Bethlehem Closed 1981 toward Allentown Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Bingen toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Bethlehem Terminus
Location

The Hellertown station was a train station which was located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania on the former Bethlehem Line of the North Pennsylvania Railroad. Closed in July 1981, it was razed on December 6, 1982; no trace of it remains. ^[2]

History and architectural features

In 1871, the Hellertown station was one of thirty-three stations that were erected along a 54.6-mile line of the North Penn Railroad that ran from Berks Street in Philadelphia to Bethlehem Union Station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. ^[3]

This station was last used by SEPTA diesel service and was closed in July 1981 after SEPTA terminated all diesel routes. ^{[4] [5]}

The station was razed on December 6, 1982. ^[2]

References

1. Moylan, Tom (June 30, 1981). "Rail Service Ends Today for Bethlehem; SEPTA Retains Quakertown Run". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. 16. Retrieved September 1, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Hellertown Historical Group to Protest Station's Razing". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pennsylvania. December 16, 1982. Retrieved May 12, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
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.
4. Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment . Truman State University Press. pp.  255. ISBN   9780943549989.
5. 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.