Slatington station

Slatington station was a Lehigh Valley Railroad station in Slatington, Pennsylvania, located on the Lehigh Valley main line. The station also served the Lehigh and New England Railroad; the Reading Company at one time had an adjacent station. The Central Railroad of New Jersey had an unconnected station across the Lehigh River in Walnutport, Pennsylvania.[1]

Slatington
Line(s)
History
Opened1856 (1856)
ClosedFebruary 4, 1961 (1961-02-04)
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Lehighton
toward Buffalo
 Main Line Laurys
toward New York or Jersey City
Lizard Creek Junction
toward Buffalo
 Treichler
toward New York or Jersey City

The Lehigh Valley opened its first station in Slatington in 1856.[lower-alpha 1] A second, larger station building replaced it in 1863.[5] A third and final station, made of brick, opened circa 1877.[6]

Passenger service to Slatington ended on February 4, 1961, with the end of all passenger service on the Lehigh Valley.[7] The station was badly damaged by a Lehigh Valley derailment on February 1, 1969, and demolished shortly thereafter.[6]

Notes
  1. A state historical marker gives 1862 as the date for the construction of a "freight and passenger station" in Slatington, but there were facilities in place no later than 1856.[2][3][4]

Footnotes
  1. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co. January 1904. p. 1153. OCLC 6340864.
  2. "Lehigh Valley Railroad Station Historical Marker". Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Mathews & Hungerford 1884, p. 559
  4. Sayre 1899, p. 18
  5. Sayre 1899, p. 81
  6. "Old Slatington Station Now Just a Memory". The Morning Call. February 7, 1969. p. 12. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Archer 1977, p. 275

References

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