Quakertown station

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Quakertown
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The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012
General information
SystemFormer SEPTA regional rail station
Owned byQuakertown Train Station Historical Society
LineBethlehem Line
Tracks2 (originally 3)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Website quakertowntrainstation.org
History
ClosedJuly 26, 1981 [1]
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Perkasie
toward Reading Terminal
Bethlehem Line Centre Valley
toward Allentown
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Rockhill
toward Philadelphia
Bethlehem Branch Shelly
toward Bethlehem
Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station
Quakertown station
Interactive map of Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station
LocationFront and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′23″N75°20′4″W / 40.43972°N 75.33444°W / 40.43972; -75.33444
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1889, 1902
Built by Cramp and Co.
Architect Wilson Brothers
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 00000382 [2]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 2000
Location
Quakertown station

The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1+1⁄2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.6 meters) wide by 97 feet 6 inches (29.72 meters), long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 by 30 feet (39.0 by 9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement. [3] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines. [4] SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [2]

Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SEPTA Cuts Local Service". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, B4 . Retrieved May 9, 2019– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. ↑ Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. p. 83. ISBN   978-0-9621541-7-1.
  5. ↑ The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). "Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

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