Main Street station (SEPTA)

Main Street
SEPTA regional rail
Location	Main & Markley Streets Norristown, PA
Coordinates	40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488Coordinates: 40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Manayunk/Norristown Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	92 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Norristown Transportation Center toward 30th Street Station Manayunk/Norristown Line Stony Creek Branch Elm Street Terminus   Former services   Preceding station   Lehigh Valley Transit Company   Following station Lafayette Street via Rink station toward 69th Street Liberty Bell High Speed Line Liberty Bell Limited (service ended 1951) Elm Street toward Allentown Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Norristown toward North Broad Norristown Branch Elm Street Terminus

Main Street is a station along the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is one of the two stations on the short electrified branch to Elm Street, 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]

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.

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.

External links

• SEPTA – Norristown Main Street Station
• Original Norristown Main Street Reading Railroad Station
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View

Side view.