New Hope station

{{Short description|Heritage railroad station in Pennsylvania, US}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name=New Hope | style=Reading Company | type=[[New Hope Railroad]] heritage station | image=New Hope Station.JPG | image_size= | image_caption=New Hope station in 2010 |address=32 West Bridge Street, [[New Hope, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | coordinates={{coord|40.36497|-74.95342|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} | structure=Depot | platform=1 | opened=March 21, 1891<ref name="1952end" /> | closed=June 7, 1952<ref name="1952end">{{cite news|title=150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14499368/new_hope_ends_june_8_1952/|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 8, 1952|page=41|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> | rebuilt=1966, 1991 | electrified= | accessible=yes | code=NH | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=New Hope and Ivyland Railroad|line=Main Line|left=Lahaska}} | other_services_collapsible=yes | other_services_header=Former services | other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=New Hope Branch|left=Hood|note-left=service ended 1952}} }}

'''New Hope''' is a [[heritage railroad]] station on the [[New Hope Railroad]] in [[New Hope, Pennsylvania]], United States.

==History== [[File:First train to New Hope, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|First train to [[New Hope, Pennsylvania|New Hope]] in March 1891]] New Hope station was once the terminal point of the [[Reading Company]]'s [[New Hope Branch]]. Regular service to this station ended September 1952. The station became a heritage railroad station of the NHRR, which was originally known as the New Hope Branch of the [[Reading Company]] (RDG), which leased the [[North Pennsylvania Railroad]], of which it was a part. The railroad ran as far as Hartsville Station (near Bristol Road) until March 21, 1891, when the line was extended to the long-desired terminal of New Hope, Pennsylvania.<ref name=pawson/>

A decade after June 1952, when Hatboro-New Hope passenger service terminated, the RDG's financial situation was precarious. Looking to rid themselves of unprofitable branch lines via abandonment, a group of train buffs and businessmen led by Philadelphia attorney Kenneth Souser — established as Steam Trains, Inc. — were seeking to operate steam trains on a for-profit basis.<ref name="Ride the New Hope Line!">{{cite book|last1=Balkin|first1=Marc|title=Ride the New Hope Line!|date=2007|publisher=Mark I Videos}}</ref> Steam Trains, Inc. became organized as the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, and on June 20, 1966, the 16.7 mile line was sold for $200,000, equal to ${{Inflation|US|200000|1966|fmt=c}} today.<ref name=pawson>{{Cite book| last = Pawson | first = John R. | title = Delaware Valley Rails: The Railroads and Rail Transit Lines of the Philadelphia Area | publisher = John R. Pawson | year = 1979 | location = [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania]] | pages = 115–117 | isbn = 0-9602080-0-3}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|New Hope Station}}

[[Category:Former Reading Company stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1891]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1966]] [[Category:Railway stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1952]]