# George School station

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Railway station in Pennsylvania, United States

George School George School station, c. 1905 General information Location George School, Middletown, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°12′44″N 74°56′20″W / 40.2123°N 74.9389°W / 40.2123; -74.9389 System Former railroad station Owned by SEPTA Tracks 1 Construction Structure type demolished History Opened 1905 (RDG) Closed January 18, 1983[1] Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Holland toward Reading Terminal Newtown Line Newtown Terminus Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Holland toward Philadelphia Newtown Branch Newtown Terminus Location

**George School station** is a defunct railroad station at [George School](/source/George_School), a private [Quaker](/source/Quaker) boarding and day high school in [Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania](/source/Middletown_Township%2C_Bucks_County%2C_Pennsylvania). The original station was built by the [Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Newtown_and_New_York_Railroad) in 1893 and burned in 1905. It was replaced with a station that was moved from Huntingdon Valley, further down the Newtown Branch. That station was demolished in 1971. A cinder 'platform' was used as a flagstop by both the Reading Railroad and [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail). [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) closed the station and several others in 1983 [when train service was suspended.](/source/SEPTA)

## History

George School station was a stop on the [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Company)'s Newtown Line. The Philadelphia, Newtown & New York Railroad (PN&NY) constructed the station as an inducement for the George School founders to choose this site (originally the Worth Farm) over three others in final consideration. The PN&NY also offered to haul all building materials for the Main building at their cost, as an additional incentive. There was also a passing siding and a coal trestle at the site. The stone piers for the trestle still remain, although the tracks and steel supports were removed during the 1960s. The PN&NY was later absorbed into the Reading Railroad system. It later became a part of [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA)'s [Fox Chase Rapid Transit Line](/source/Fox_Chase_Rapid_Transit_Line). The station, and all of those north of [Fox Chase](/source/Fox_Chase_(SEPTA_station)), was closed on January 18, 1983, due to failing [diesel train equipment](/source/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car).[1]

In addition, a labor dispute began within the SEPTA organization when the transit operator inherited 1,700 displaced employees from [Conrail](/source/Conrail). SEPTA insisted on utilizing transit operators from the [Broad Street Subway](/source/Broad_Street_Line) to operate Fox Chase–Newtown diesel trains, while Conrail requested that railroad engineers continue to run the service. When a federal court ruled that SEPTA had to use Conrail employees in order to offer job assurance, SEPTA cancelled Fox Chase–Newtown trains.[2] Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and George School station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.[3]

Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase–Newtown [shuttle bus](/source/Bustitution), patronage remained light, and the Fox Chase–Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999.[4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-newtown1983_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-newtown1983_1-1) Kennedy, Sara (October 21, 1983). ["SEPTA to Boost Rail Service 13%"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14527608/septa_boost_october_21_1983/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. p. 1–2. Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Tulsky, Fredric N. (January 29, 1982). "Conrail Staff Must Run Trains: court ruling bars SEPTA takeover". *Philadelphia Inquirer*. SEPTA must use Conrail workers rather than its own personnel to run trains over the region's 13 commuter lines, a special federal court has ruled in a decision that offers some job assurance for 1,700 Conrail employees next year. The special court, in an opinion issued Wednesday, ruled that SEPTA had acted legally in October when it replaced Conrail workers with its former subway operators on the line.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [SEPTA Tariff No. 154; effective July 1, 2009](http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/t154s37.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120531144545/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/t154s37.pdf) May 31, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [newtownline.pa-tec.org/history](http://newtownline.pa-tec.org/history.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110727161359/http://www.newtownline.pa-tec.org/history.html) July 27, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## External links

- [George School website](http://www.georgeschool.org/)

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