Hellertown station
Hellertown station was a train station in Hellertown, Pennsylvania on the former Bethlehem Line. The station was last used by SEPTA diesel service and was closed in July 1981 after SEPTA terminated all diesel routes.[3][4] The station was razed on December 6, 1982, and not a trace of it remains.[2]
Hellertown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1090 Front Street Hellertown, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bethlehem Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 30, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 6, 1982 | Station depot razed[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1871, the station was one of 33 stations of a 54.6-mile line of the North Penn Railroad that ran from Berks Street in Philadelphia to Bethlehem Union Station.[5]
References
- Moylan, Tom (June 30, 1981). "Rail Service Ends Today for Bethlehem; SEPTA Retains Quakertown Run". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. 16. Retrieved September 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Hellertown Historical Group to Protest Station's Razing". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. December 16, 1982. Retrieved May 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment. Truman State University Press. pp. 255. ISBN 9780943549989.
- Lockerby, Ken (March 26, 1981). "SEPTA Votes to Trim 2 Rail Lines". Philadelphia Daily News.
... the SEPTA board yesterday voted to cut service on two commuter rail lines. The SEPTA board made the cuts because four of the counties served by the two lines Lehigh, Northampton. Schuylkill and Berks have refused to help subsidize them. As of April 1. unless the counties offer to help SEPTA financially, service will stop on the Quakertown-Bethlehem line to Centre Valley, Hellertown and Bethlehem.
- Business Directory and Gazetteer of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Containing the Names, Business, and Post Office Address of Merchants, Manufacturers, Professional Men and Farmers. Jenkins & Atkinson. 1871. p. 345.
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