Manayunk West station

Manayunk West
The site of the former station in 2024; to the rear is the Mt. Zion Fire Baptized Holiness Church. The location is also the end of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail.
General information
Coordinates	40°01′41″N75°13′40″W / 40.028031°N 75.227822°W / 40.028031; -75.227822
Line	Schuylkill Branch
History
Closed	May 16, 1986 [1]
Electrified	July 20, 1930 [2]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Ivy Ridge Terminus Ivy Ridge Line Barmouth toward Suburban Station Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Conshohocken toward Pottsville Schuylkill Branch Cynwyd toward Suburban Station Shawmont toward Norristown–Haws Avenue Norristown Line Barmouth toward Suburban Station
Location

Manayunk West, often just Manayunk, was a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Manayunk, Philadelphia. It was located on ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Branch and served by SEPTA's Ivy Ridge Line commuter trains. The station stood at the corner of Dupont and High, a short distance from the ex-Reading Company station at Manayunk. SEPTA suspended service beyond Cynwyd on May 27, 1986, because of poor track conditions and concerns about the Manayunk Bridge. ^[3] The station has since been demolished. ^[4]

References

1. "Ivy Ridge Station Will Be Back on Line". The Philadelphia Daily News. August 22, 1986. p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Electric Lines Opened by Pennsy". The Altoona Mirror. July 21, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
3. Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A GENERAL CHRONOLOGY OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 1980-1989" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society.
4. Maule, Bradley (July 16, 2014). "Starting The Second Life Of A Manayunk Icon". Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved August 14, 2016.