Valley Forge Park station

{{Short description|Former train station in Pennsylvania}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Valley Forge Park | other_name = Port Kennedy | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Former | type = Former [[SEPTA]] [[regional rail]] station | image = File:Valley Forge Park Station.jpg | image_caption = | address = Sullivan's Trail, near Trooper Road and US 422 in [[Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|06|23|N|75|25|16|W|name=Valley Forge Park Station|region:US_type:landmark}} | line = | other = | structure = | platform = 1 [[side platform]] | depth = | levels = | tracks = 3 | parking = | bicycle = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | opened = July 4, 1976 | closed = July 26, 1981<ref>{{cite news |title=Rail Service Marks End of an Era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43604728/septa_quakertown_july_29_1981/ |accessdate=February 4, 2020 |work=The News Herald |date=July 29, 1981 |location=[[Perkasie, Pennsylvania]] |page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> | rebuilt = | electrified = No | accessible = No | code = | owned = [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] and [[Conrail]] | zone = | former = | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA |line1=Pottsville|left1=Valley Forge|right1=Norristown|note-left1=Closed 1981 |system2=Reading Company |line2=Main Line|left2=Valley Forge|right2=Abrams }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|SEPTA|Pottsville}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Valley Forge Park station''' (also known as '''Port Kennedy station''') is a former train station in [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]]. The station is visible from [[Sullivan's Bridge]] in the [[Valley Forge National Historic Park]]. Valley Forge Park station was originally built by the [[Reading Railroad]] as Port Kennedy station, and later served the [[SEPTA diesel service]] extending from the Norristown section of the [[Manayunk/Norristown Line]] to [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]]. Service was originally suspended prior to SEPTA taking over from Reading Railroad but was opened in 1976 for the American bicentennial.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter/View/3055/LDA_1977_Port_Kennedy_Rail_Station_Revitalizationpdfassetguid0f8522a9-2773-42dd-a029b169f9b6e3d4?bidId=|title= Port Kennedy Rail Station Revitalization|date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> In 1981, the station was closed again when [[SEPTA]] discontinued the diesel service.

<Gallery> Port Kennedy Station and Hotel 1907.jpg|[[Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania|Port Kennedy]] station and hotel in 1907 </Gallery>

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[[Category:Former SEPTA Regional Rail stations]] [[Category:Former Reading Company stations]] [[Category:Former railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1981]]