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) and Comly Avenues in Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania.^[6][7]

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.
General information
Location	Bellevue (PA 413) and Comly Avenues Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania (Langhorne address), 19047
Coordinates	40.1608°N 74.9131°W / 40.1608; -74.9131
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Neshaminy Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 14 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 129, 130
Construction
Parking	236 free/123 with permits
Bicycle facilities	3 racks
Accessible	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]
Passengers
2017	404 boardings 426 alightings (weekday average)[5]
Rank	65 of 146
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 Parkland toward Philadelphia New York Branch Glenlake toward Bound Brook
Location

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.^[8]

Langhorne station was originally built by the Reading Railroad in 1881.^[9] On May 29, 2009, SEPTA announced a $2.3 million plan to replace the existing station.^[10] On April 6, 2010, the original station was demolished in order to make room for its replacement.

It is near the borough limits of Penndel.^[11]

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.

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.

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. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
6. "Zoning Map 2005". Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
7. "Langhorne Station". SEPTA. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
8. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
9. Pennsylvania Railroad Stations; Past & Present
10. Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers
11. "Getting Around/Map/Mass Transit". Penndel, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05. It is also easily accessible from Langhorne train station, right outside of Penndel's Borough limits.

External links

Media related to Langhorne (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

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