Elm Street station

Elm Street
SEPTA regional rail

The Elm Street station seen from the lone platform in September 2013. The yard at Elm Street is visible in the distance.
Location Elm & Markley Streets
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°07′22″N 75°20′42″W / 40.1227°N 75.3450°W / 40.1227; -75.3450
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking 246 spaces
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Manayunk/Norristown LineTerminus
  Former services  
Preceding station   Lehigh Valley Transit Company   Following station
toward 69th Street
Liberty Bell High Speed Line
Liberty Bell Limited (service ended 1951)
via Washington Square, Acorn, and Broad Street stations
toward Allentown
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
toward North Broad
Norristown BranchTerminus
TerminusStony Creek Branch
Hartranft
toward Lansdale

Elm Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Located at Elm and Markley Streets, it is the last stop on the Norristown section of the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It includes a 219-space parking lot. In FY 2013, Elm Street station had a weekday average of 300 boardings and 257 alightings.[1]

The station was originally built by the Lehigh Valley Transit Company as a trolley station with service to Lansdale and Allentown and connecting with what is now the Norristown High Speed Line (formerly the Liberty Bell High Speed Line) at Lafayette Street. Service was changed to connect with the Reading Railroad some time after 1953 with the demise of Liberty Bell Limited.

References

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.


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