Lansdale station

Lansdale station, also known as the Lansdale Transportation Center, is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Located at Main Street (PA 63) and Green Street, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It was originally built in 1902 by the Reading Company, opening on February 7, 1903; a freight house was added in 1909.^[4] Historically, the station hosted the Interstate Express (north to Syracuse) and the Scranton Flyer (north to Scranton). Additionally, the station served commuter trains on the Reading's branch to Bethlehem until service was ended in 1981.^[5] The historic station building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.^[6]

Lansdale
The former Reading Railroad station depot at Lansdale
General information
Location	80 West Main Street (PA 63) Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 19446
Coordinates	40.2431°N 75.2852°W / 40.2431; -75.2852
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line Doylestown Line
Platforms	3 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 96, 132
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	838
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	February 7, 1903[1]
Electrified	July 26, 1931[2]
Passengers
2017	1,424 boardings 1,153 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank	8 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Pennbrook toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line 9th Street toward Doylestown
Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Pennbrook toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Perkasie toward Allentown Hatfield toward Allentown Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station Hatfield via Couter and Angle stations toward Allentown Liberty Bell High Speed Line Until 1951 Elm Street via Washington Square, Acorn, and Broad Street stations toward 69th Street Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Pennbrook toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Orvilla toward Bethlehem Terminus Doylestown Branch Fortuna toward Doylestown Kneedler toward Elm Street Stony Creek Branch Terminus
Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40.2431°N 75.2852°W / 40.2431; -75.2852
Built	1903
NRHP reference No.	100007217
Designated	December 21, 2021

In FY 2013, Lansdale station had a weekday average of 1396 boardings and 1272 alightings.^[7]

The station features a 178-space parking lot and a 660-space parking garage.^[8] The parking garage at Lansdale station opened on April 17, 2017, offering hundreds of additional parking spaces at the station.^[9] Lansdale station is near the SEPTA's 25 Hz Traction Power System plant, originally built by the RDG. The station interior was formerly home to an internet café, and Italian deli called "A Little Something Nice".

Lansdale station was formerly an important transfer point between electric and Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDCs) service to points north, such as Quakertown, Bethlehem, and Allentown. RDC service on the Bethlehem Line was eliminated in 1981 due to budget cuts. Proposals for service restoration to Quakertown have been floated around since the late 1990s, but nothing has gone past the discussion phase. Service restoration beyond Quakertown is no longer generally considered a feasible option, due to SEPTA's leasing of the railroad right-of-way for use as an interim walking trail beyond Quakertown.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 2021 as the Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station.^[10]

Gallery

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  Lansdale station in 2007
• 
  Interior of station building
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  Parking garage

References

1. "New Station is Opened". The Buffalo Enquirer. February 7, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
4. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
5. "Reading Railway System, Condensed Time-Table". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
6. "Weekly listing". National Park Service.
7. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
8. "Lansdale Station". SEPTA. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
9. Stamm, Dan (April 17, 2017). "SEPTA Adds Hundreds of Parking Spots to Montgomery County Regional Rail Station". Philadelphia, PA: WCAU-TV. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
10. National Register of Historic Places (Weekly List; December 16, 2021)

External links

• SEPTA – Lansdale station
• JPMueller99 Flickr Photos #1 and #2
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View