# New Hope station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_Hope_station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/New_Hope_station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hope_station > Source revision: 1340824681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Heritage railroad station in Pennsylvania, US New Hope New Hope station in 2010 General information Location 32 West Bridge Street, New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S. Coordinates 40°21′54″N 74°57′12″W / 40.36497°N 74.95342°W / 40.36497; -74.95342 System New Hope Railroad heritage station Platforms 1 Construction Structure type Depot Accessible yes Other information Station code NH History Opened March 21, 1891[1] Closed June 7, 1952[1] Rebuilt 1966, 1991 Services Preceding station New Hope Railroad Following station Lahaska toward Warminster Main Line Terminus Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Hood service ended 1952 toward Philadelphia New Hope Branch Terminus Location **New Hope** is a [heritage railroad](/source/Heritage_railroad) station on the [New Hope Railroad](/source/New_Hope_Railroad) in [New Hope, Pennsylvania](/source/New_Hope%2C_Pennsylvania), United States. ## History First train to [New Hope](/source/New_Hope%2C_Pennsylvania) in March 1891 New Hope station was once the terminal point of the [Reading Company](/source/Reading_Company)'s [New Hope Branch](/source/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](/source/Reading_Company) (RDG), which leased the [North Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/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.[2] 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.[3] 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 $1,984,615 today.[2] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-1952end_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-1952end_1-1) ["150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14499368/new_hope_ends_june_8_1952/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. June 8, 1952. p. 41. Retrieved October 18, 2017 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pawson_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pawson_2-1) Pawson, John R. (1979). *Delaware Valley Rails: The Railroads and Rail Transit Lines of the Philadelphia Area*. [Willow Grove, Pennsylvania](/source/Willow_Grove%2C_Pennsylvania): John R. Pawson. pp. 115–117. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9602080-0-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9602080-0-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ride_the_New_Hope_Line!_3-0)** Balkin, Marc (2007). *Ride the New Hope Line!*. 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W. & W. D. Hewitt Daniel Pabst William Lightfoot Price Louis Sullivan Wilson Brothers & Company Commons ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [New Hope Station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_Hope_Station). This Pennsylvania train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Pennsylvania-railstation-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3APennsylvania-railstation-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Pennsylvania-railstation-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [New Hope station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hope_station) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hope_station?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.