# Lenni station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lenni_station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lenni_station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenni_station > Source revision: 1328066785 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Railway station in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania Lenni The former Lenni station site in March 2017 General information Location Station Lane and Lenni Road Middletown Township, Pennsylvania Coordinates 39°53′39″N 75°26′55″W / 39.8942°N 75.4486°W / 39.8942; -75.4486 Owned by SEPTA Line West Chester Line Platforms 1 side platform (former) Tracks 1 History Closed September 19, 1986[1] Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Wawa Station toward West Chester West Chester Line Glen Riddle toward Suburban Station Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Wawa toward West Chester West Chester Line Glen Riddle toward Suburban Station Terminus Chester Creek Branch Rockdale toward Lamokin Street Location **Lenni station** was a [commuter rail](/source/Commuter_rail) station on the [SEPTA Regional Rail](/source/SEPTA_Regional_Rail) [R3 West Chester Line](/source/Media%2FWawa_Line), located in [Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania](/source/Middletown_Township%2C_Delaware_County%2C_Pennsylvania). The station and several others were closed in September 1986, and subsequently demolished. The site now serves as the location of a crew base building that was constructed in connection with the 2022 restoration of service to [Wawa Station](/source/Wawa_Station). ## History SEPTA training facility at Lenni in 2017 Built by the [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad), Lenni station stood on the corner of Station Lane and Lenni Road. It served as a stop on the [West Chester Branch](/source/West_Chester_Branch), which was electrified on December 2, 1928.[2] It later became a part of [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA)'s [R3 West Chester](/source/Media%2FWawa_Line) line. The PRR's former [Chester Creek Branch](/source/Chester_Creek_Branch) terminated at Lenni. The line sustained heavy [flash flood](/source/Flash_flood) damage in September 1971 (not due to the later [Hurricane Agnes](/source/Hurricane_Agnes) as is sometimes claimed), and was taken out of service at that time. The railway was never officially abandoned and has since been deeded to SEPTA via PennDOT.[3] The station, and all of those west of [Elwyn station](/source/Elwyn_station), was closed in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at [Exton station](/source/Exton_station_(Pennsylvania)) on SEPTA's [Paoli/Thorndale Line](/source/Paoli%2FThorndale_Line). Service was suspended at that time, with [substitute bus service](/source/Bustitution) provided. Lenni station still appears in publicly posted [tariffs](/source/Tariff_(disambiguation)). The station shed itself was demolished in the 1990s; the asphalt platform and signage remained extant until around 2019.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Since passenger service ended in 1986, vandals began stealing the copper catenary wire. A live [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA's_25_Hz_traction_power_system) [substation](/source/Electrical_substation) exists nearby with [transmission lines](/source/Electric_power_transmission) connecting to [Amtrak's Lamokin converter station](/source/Amtrak's_25_Hz_traction_power_system). The line remained electrified as far west as the former Darlington station. The wire was removed for the remainder of the line out to West Chester over the summer of 2005 to prevent further [theft](/source/Metal_theft).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The resumption of SEPTA service to [Wawa Station](/source/Wawa_Station), which opened in August 2022, did not include an intermediate stop at Lenni. However, a layover yard was constructed just to the west of the former station site, with a crew base building at Lenni Road.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-westchester_1-0)** ["The Potential of Rail Service to West Chester Borough"](http://www.west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/2333). Borough of West Chester. p. 24. Retrieved February 4, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Electric Trains to Start Sunday"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57805563/wc-electric-november-30-1928/). *The Chester Times*. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [chestercreektrail.org](http://www.chestercreektrail.org/Website/About%20the%20Trail/Short%20History%20of%20the%20Chester%20Creek%20Branch.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080704172259/http://www.chestercreektrail.org/Website/About%20the%20Trail/Short%20History%20of%20the%20Chester%20Creek%20Branch.htm) 2008-07-04 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gabriel, John M.; Sartain, Robert L. (November 2022). ["SEPTA Opens Wawa Station"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240913180811/https://railpace.com/septa-opens-wawa-station/). *Railpace Newsmagazine*. Archived from [the original](https://railpace.com/septa-opens-wawa-station/) on September 13, 2024. ## External links Media related to [Lenni station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lenni_station) at Wikimedia Commons - [Picture of original Lenni Station](http://www.west2k.com/papix/lenni.jpg) v t e SEPTA Regional Rail stations Airport Terminals E & F Terminals C & D Terminal B Terminal A Eastwick Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University North Broad Wayne Junction Fern Rock Melrose Park Elkins Park Jenkintown–Wyncote Glenside Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill East Gravers Wyndmoor Mount Airy Sedgwick Stenton Washington Lane Germantown Wister Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Chestnut Hill West Chestnut Hill West Highland St. Martins Richard Allen Lane Carpenter Upsal Tulpehocken Chelten Avenue Queen Lane North Philadelphia 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University Cynwyd Cynwyd Bala Wynnefield Avenue 30th Street Suburban Fox Chase Fox Chase Cheltenham Lawndale Olney Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine Lansdale/Doylestown Doylestown Delaware Valley University New Britain Chalfont Link Belt Colmar Fortuna 9th Street Lansdale Pennbrook North Wales Gwynedd Valley Penllyn Ambler Fort Washington Oreland North Hills Glenside Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine Manayunk/Norristown Elm Street Main Street Norristown Conshohocken Spring Mill Miquon Ivy Ridge Manayunk Wissahickon East Falls Allegheny North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine Media/Wawa Wawa Elwyn Media Moylan–Rose Valley Wallingford Swarthmore Morton Secane Primos Clifton–Aldan Gladstone Lansdowne Fernwood–Yeadon Angora 49th Street Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University Paoli/Thorndale Thorndale Downingtown Whitford Exton Malvern Paoli Daylesford Berwyn Devon Strafford Wayne St. Davids Radnor Villanova Rosemont Bryn Mawr Haverford Ardmore Wynnewood Narberth Merion Overbrook 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University Trenton Trenton Levittown Bristol Croydon Eddington Cornwells Heights Torresdale Holmesburg Junction Tacony Bridesburg North Philadelphia 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University Warminster Warminster Hatboro Willow Grove Crestmont Roslyn Ardsley Glenside Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine West Trenton West Trenton Yardley Woodbourne Langhorne Neshaminy Falls Trevose Somerton Forest Hills Philmont Bethayres Meadowbrook Rydal Noble Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine Wilmington/Newark Newark Churchmans Crossing Wilmington Claymont Marcus Hook Highland Avenue Chester Eddystone Crum Lynne Ridley Park Prospect Park Norwood Glenolden Folcroft Sharon Hill Curtis Park Darby Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University Former stations 52nd Street Allentown Andalusia Auburn Baldwin Barmouth Belle Mead Bethlehem Birdsboro Bound Brook Bryn Athyn Center Valley Cheyney Churchville Coatesville Columbia Avenue County Line Crescentville Darlington DeKalb Street Fellwick Fishers Frankford Junction Franklin Street Fulmor George School Glen Mills Glen Riddle Hamburg Hellertown Holland Hopewell Huntingdon Valley Ivy Rock Lamokin Street Leesport Lenni Locksley Logan Manayunk West Mohrsville Mogees Newark Penn Newtown Nicetown Parkesburg Phoenixville Pottstown Pottsville Quakertown Reading Terminal Royersford Schuylkill Haven Shawmont Shoemakersville Southampton Spring Garden Street Tioga Valley Forge Walnut Hill West Chester West Chester University Westmoreland Westtown Williamson School Wissinoming --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lenni station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenni_station) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenni_station?action=history)). 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