Langhorne station

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 Penndel, Pennsylvania. 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.[5]

Langhorne
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.
Location	Bellevue (PA 413) & Comly Avenues Langhorne, PA, 19047
Coordinates	40.1608°N 74.9131°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2 (SEPTA), 1 (Trenton Subdivision)
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 14 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 129, 130
Construction
Parking	236 free/123 with permits
Bicycle facilities	3 racks
Disabled access	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]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Neshaminy Falls toward Penn Medicine West Trenton Line Woodbourne toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Hulmeville toward Jenkintown New York Branch Parkland toward Bound Brook

Langhorne station was originally built by the Reading Railroad in 1881.[6] On May 29, 2009, SEPTA announced a $2.3 million plan to replace the existing station.[7] On April 6, 2010, the original station was demolished in order to make room for its replacement.

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.

G
	CSX track	← Trenton Subdivision freight service →
	Outbound	←      West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Woodbourne)
	Inbound	←      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Neshaminy Falls) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office

Gallery

• 
  Train at Langhorne station in February 2011
• 
  A Center City-bound train stops at Langhorne station in December 2017
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  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

1. "Opening a New Rail Route". The Lancaster Intelligencer. May 3, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Poor 1865, p. 711.
3. "Existing Railroad Stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
4. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
6. Pennsylvania Railroad Stations; Past & Present
7. Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers

External links

Media related to Langhorne (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Langhorne Station
• Station from Bellevue Avenue from Google Maps Street View