Valley Forge station

Valley Forge station is a former railroad station at the Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. The station was completed in 1911 by the Reading Railroad and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from Philadelphia, 23.7 miles (38.1 km) distant.[2] The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.[3] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Valley Forge
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Valley Forge station in 2018
LocationValley Forge Rd (PA 23) and River Rd
Valley Forge National Historic Park
Coordinates40.102°N 75.4601°W / 40.102; -75.4601
Construction
Disabled accessno
History
Opened1911
ClosedJuly 26, 1981[1]
Electrifiedno
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Valley Forge Park
toward Reading Terminal
 Norristown Line Phoenixville
Closed 1981
toward Pottsville
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Port Kennedy
toward Norristown
 Main Line Phoenixville
toward Pottsville

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.[4]

  • Valley Forge train station during Reading Railroad era
  • Valley Forge station in 2017
  • Platform facing west
  • Platform facing east
  • Ticket office customer side
  • Ticket office with typewriter and other station equipment as of 1981
  • Station building
  • Station as viewed from hill

References
  1. "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.
  3. Petersen, Nancy (January 3, 2007). "A new view of Valley Forge". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  4. Train Station
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