# Valley Forge station

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Railway station in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Valley Forge Valley Forge station in 2018 General information Location Valley Forge Road (PA 23) and River Road Valley Forge National Historic Park Coordinates 40°06′07″N 75°27′36″W / 40.102°N 75.4601°W / 40.102; -75.4601 System Former SEPTA regional rail station Construction Accessible no History Opened 1911 Closed July 26, 1981[1] Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Phoenixville toward Pottsville Pottsville Line Valley Forge Park Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Perkiomen Junction toward Pottsville Main Line Port Kennedy toward Philadelphia Location

**Valley Forge station** is a former railroad station at the [Valley Forge](/source/Valley_Forge) park in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). The station was completed in 1911 by the [Reading Railroad](/source/Reading_Railroad) and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), 23.7 miles (38.1 km) distant.[2][3]

The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.[4] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Rail Service Marks End of an Era"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43604728/septa_quakertown_july_29_1981/). *The News Herald*. [Perkasie, Pennsylvania](/source/Perkasie%2C_Pennsylvania). July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Service From Philadelphia–Pottsville (1964)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230113181352/http://www.readingrailroad.org/rdg_pass_sched.shtml). *Reading Company - Passenger Schedules*. Reading Company Technical and Historical Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.readingrailroad.org/rdg_pass_sched.shtml) on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *[Official Guide of the Railways](/source/Official_Guide_of_the_Railways)*. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Inky_4-0)** Petersen, Nancy (January 3, 2007). ["A new view of Valley Forge"](http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/16370539.htm). [The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-frizzell_5-0)** [Train Station](http://jim-frizzell.com/valley_forge_train_station_may_01_2005.htm)

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