Main Street station (SEPTA)

Main Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is one of the two stations on the short electrified branch to Elm Street in Norristown. This branch leaves the main (diesel-only) line to Pottsville and Reading. Currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, the Reading Railroad once operated passenger service on that line. The station has 76 parking spaces. It is located at Main and Markley Streets. In FY 2013, Main Street station had a weekday average of 189 boardings and 181 alightings.[1]

Main Street
Location305 West Main Street
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 90, 91, 93, 131
Construction
Parking92 spaces
Other information
Fare zone3
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Norristown Transportation Center
toward Penn Medicine
 Manayunk/​Norristown Line Norristown-Elm Street
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station
Elm Street
via Rink station
toward Allentown
 Liberty Bell High Speed Line
Until 1951
 Lafayette Street
toward 69th Street
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Norristown
toward North Broad
 Norristown Branch Elm Street
Terminus

History

The original Main Street structure was originally the last Lehigh Valley Transit Company stop on the Liberty Bell Limited (also known as the Liberty Bell High Speed Line) from Allentown to Philadelphia, turning onto Mount Airy Street going towards what is now the Norristown Transportation Center (formerly the Lafayette Street station) and formerly connected with the Norristown High Speed Line.[2] In the 1960s, the Reading Railroad built a replacement structure to connect to the Pottsville Line as a spur.[3] It also served the Stony Creek Branch to Lansdale.[4] In 1981, SEPTA abandoned the main route towards Pottstown and used the route to Elm Street to be part of the Manayunk/Norristown line.

Old Norristown station configuration. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell High Speed Line was a continuation of the existing Norristown High Speed Line along Swede Road and then E. Airy Street before turning onto Markley Street where it meets up with the existing Manayunk/Norristown Line. The current Manayunk/Norristown Line continued to Valley Forge instead of going to Main Street along Lafayette Street.

Station layout
P
Platform level
All trains ←      Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward 30th Street or Penn Medicine (Norristown)
←      Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward Elm Street – Norristown (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References
  1. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  2. "Liberty Bell High Speed Line".
  3. Old Norristown Main Street Reading Station photo
  4. Existing Railroad stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Side view.
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