# Lansdale station

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Train station in Pennsylvania

Lansdale The former Reading Railroad station depot at Lansdale General information Other names Lansdale Transportation Center Location 80 West Main Street (PA 63) Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 19446 Coordinates 40°14′35″N 75°17′07″W / 40.2431°N 75.2852°W / 40.2431; -75.2852 Owned by SEPTA Lines SEPTA Main Line Doylestown Line Platforms 3 side platforms 1 island platform Tracks 4 Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 96, 132 Construction Platform levels 1 Parking 838 Cycle facilities Yes Accessible Yes Other information Fare zone 4 History Opened February 7, 1903[1] Electrified July 26, 1931[2] Passengers 2017 1,424 boardings 1,153 alightings (weekday average)[3] Rank 8 of 146 Services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Pennbrook toward Penn Medicine Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line 9th Street toward Doylestown Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Pennbrook toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Perkasie toward Allentown Hatfield toward Allentown Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station Hatfield via Couter and Angle stations toward Allentown Liberty Bell High Speed Line Until 1951 Elm Street via Washington Square, Acorn, and Broad Street stations toward 69th Street Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Pennbrook toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Orvilla toward Bethlehem Terminus Doylestown Branch Fortuna toward Doylestown Kneedler toward Elm Street Stony Creek Branch Terminus Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Interactive map of Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station Location Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA Coordinates 40°14′35″N 75°17′07″W / 40.2431°N 75.2852°W / 40.2431; -75.2852 Built 1903 NRHP reference No. 100007217 Designated December 21, 2021 Location

**Lansdale station**, also known as the **Lansdale Transportation Center**, is a [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail) station in [Lansdale, Pennsylvania](/source/Lansdale%2C_Pennsylvania). Located at Main Street ([PA 63](/source/Pennsylvania_Route_63)) and Green Street, it serves the [Lansdale/Doylestown Line](/source/Lansdale%2FDoylestown_Line). It was originally built in 1902 by the [Reading Company](/source/Reading_Company), opening on February 7, 1903; a freight house was added in 1909.[4] Historically, the station hosted the *[Interstate Express](/source/Interstate_Express)* (north to [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York)) and the *Scranton Flyer* (north to [Scranton](/source/Scranton%2C_Pennsylvania)). Additionally, the station served commuter trains on the Reading's branch to [Bethlehem](/source/Bethlehem%2C_Pennsylvania) until service was ended in 1981.[5] The historic station building was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2021.[6]

In [FY](/source/Fiscal_year) 2013, Lansdale station had a weekday average of 1396 boardings and 1272 alightings.[7]

The station features a 178-space parking lot and a 660-space [parking garage](/source/Parking_garage).[8] The parking garage at Lansdale station opened on April 17, 2017, offering hundreds of additional parking spaces at the station.[9] Lansdale station is near the [SEPTA's 25 Hz Traction Power System](/source/SEPTA's_25_Hz_Traction_Power_System) plant, originally built by the RDG. The station interior was formerly home to an [internet café](/source/Internet_caf%C3%A9), and Italian deli called "A Little Something Nice".

Lansdale station was formerly an important transfer point between electric and [Budd Rail Diesel Car](/source/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car) (RDCs) service to points north, such as [Quakertown](/source/Quakertown%2C_Pennsylvania), [Bethlehem](/source/Bethlehem%2C_Pennsylvania), and [Allentown](/source/Allentown%2C_Pennsylvania). RDC service on the [Bethlehem Line](/source/Bethlehem_Line) was eliminated in 1981 due to budget cuts. Proposals for service restoration to Quakertown have been floated around since the late 1990s, but nothing has gone past the discussion phase. Service restoration beyond Quakertown is no longer generally considered a feasible option, due to SEPTA's leasing of the railroad [right-of-way](/source/Right_of_way_(rail)) for use as an interim walking trail beyond Quakertown. However, Bucks County locals are looking to utilize the tracks for a [heritage railroad](/source/Heritage_railway).

The train station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 13, 2021 as the **Philadelphia & Reading Railway: Lansdale Passenger Station**.[10]

## Gallery

		- Lansdale station in 2007

		- Interior of station building

		- Parking garage

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-opens_1-0)** ["New Station is Opened"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19326971/lansdale_station_february_7_1903/). *The Buffalo Enquirer*. February 7, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Reading Installs Electric Service"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update"](https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx). [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA). June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania](http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Reading Railway System, Condensed Time-Table". *Official Guide of the Railways*. **82** (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Weekly listing"](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list.htm). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["SEPTA (May 2014). *Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.* p. 61"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf) (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Lansdale Station"](https://www.septa.org/stations/rail/lansdale.html). SEPTA. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Stamm, Dan (April 17, 2017). ["SEPTA Adds Hundreds of Parking Spots to Montgomery County Regional Rail Station"](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/septa-lansdale-station-garage/12960/). Philadelphia, PA: WCAU-TV. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [National Register of Historic Places (Weekly List; December 16, 2021)](https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-2021-12-16.htm)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lansdale (SEPTA station)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lansdale_(SEPTA_station)).

- [SEPTA – Lansdale station](https://www.septa.org/stations/lansdale-station)

- [JPMueller99 Flickr Photos #1](https://flickr.com/photos/redarrow101/2131932620/) and [#2](https://flickr.com/photos/redarrow101/2131933464/)

- [Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View](https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.242402,-75.285152&spn=0.003677,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.242402,-75.285152&panoid=_GwkArB2XftrwDEtTMd6Sg&cbp=12,342.06,,0,5.09)

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