# Quakertown station

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Historic train station

Quakertown The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012 General information System Former SEPTA regional rail station Owned by Quakertown Train Station Historical Society Line Bethlehem Line Tracks 2 (originally 3) Construction Platform levels 1 Parking Yes Accessible No Other information Website quakertowntrainstation.org History Closed July 26, 1981[1] Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Perkasie toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Centre Valley toward Allentown Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Rockhill toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Shelly toward Bethlehem Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places Interactive map of Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station Location Front and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W / 40.43972°N 75.33444°W / 40.43972; -75.33444 Area 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) Built 1889, 1902 Built by Cramp and Co. Architect Wilson Brothers Architectural style Late Victorian NRHP reference No. 00000382[2] Added to NRHP April 14, 2000 Location

The **Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station** is a historic [train station](/source/Train_station) and [freight](/source/Freight) depot located at [Quakertown](/source/Quakertown%2C_Pennsylvania), [Bucks County, Pennsylvania](/source/Bucks_County%2C_Pennsylvania). The two buildings were designed by [Wilson Bros. & Company](/source/Wilson_Bros._%26_Company) in 1889 and built by [Cramp and Co.](/source/Cramp_and_Co.) for the [Philadelphia and Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Company) in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill [granite](/source/Granite) and Indiana [limestone](/source/Limestone) and is in a [Late Victorian](/source/Victorian_architecture) style. It is 1+1⁄2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.6 meters) wide by 97 feet 6 inches (29.72 meters), long. It has a [hipped roof](/source/Hip_roof) with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 by 30 feet (39.0 by 9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement.[3] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the [Bethlehem Line](/source/Bethlehem_Line) to [Bethlehem](/source/Bethlehem%2C_Pennsylvania) and [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) until July 27, 1981, when [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) ended service on all its intercity [diesel-powered lines](/source/SEPTA_diesel_service).[4] [SEPTA](/source/SEPTA) still owns the line and leases it to the [East Penn Railroad](/source/East_Penn_Railroad). Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the [Bethlehem Line](/source/Bethlehem_Line) are [Perkasie](/source/Perkasie%2C_Pennsylvania), [Perkasie Tunnel](/source/Perkasie_Tunnel), and [Perkasie station](/source/Perkasie_station).

It was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2000.[2]

[Lehigh Valley Transit](/source/Lehigh_Valley_Transit) interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west.[5]

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bucks_County%2C_Pennsylvania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-quaker-lans_1-0)** ["SEPTA Cuts Local Service"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31389079/septa_quakertown_july_24_1981/). *The Morning Call*. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, [B4](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31389093/septa_quakertown_part_2_july_24_1981/). Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_2-1) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). March 13, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_3-0)** Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). [National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997902). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 10, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Williams, Gerry (1998). *Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit*. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. p. 83. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-9621541-7-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9621541-7-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). ["Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190126061653/http://perkasieborough.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Liberty-Bell-Feasibility-Study.pdf) (PDF). p. 49. Archived from [the original](http://perkasieborough.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Liberty-Bell-Feasibility-Study.pdf) (PDF) on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

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