{{Short description|Railway station in Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name=Westtown | style=SEPTA|style2=SEPTA Former | type=[[West Chester Railroad]] tourist train station | image=Westtown R3.jpg | image_caption=The restored Westtown station, now in use as an art gallery | address=850 Street Road ([[Pennsylvania Route 962|PA 962]]), [[Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania]] 19382 | coordinates={{coord|39.93193|-75.54915|region:US-PA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | line= Pennsylvania Railroad, SEPTA R3 West Chester Line | other= | structure=Frame building | platform=1 [[side platform]] | depth= | levels= | tracks=1 | parking= | bicycle= | passengers= | pass_year= | pass_percent= | pass_system= | opened=1859, 1997 (as heritage railway) | closed=September 19, 1986<ref name="westchester">{{cite web|title=The Potential of Rail Service to West Chester Borough|url=http://www.west-chester.com/DocumentCenter/View/2333|publisher=Borough of West Chester|accessdate=February 4, 2020|page=24}}</ref> | rebuilt= | electrified=December 2, 1928<ref>{{cite news |title=Electric Trains to Start Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57805563/wc-electric-november-30-1928/ |accessdate=August 21, 2020 |work=The Chester Times |date=November 30, 1928 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | accessible= | code= | owned=West Chester Railroad | zone= | former=Street Road | services= {{Adjacent stations|system=West Chester Railroad|line=Main Line|left=West Chester|right=Cheyney|note-left=}} | other_services_collapsible=yes | other_services_header=Former services | other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=SEPTA |line1=West Chester|left1=West Chester University|right1=Cheyney |system2=Pennsylvania Railroad |line2=West Chester Line|left2=Oakbourne|right2=Cheyney }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #888 | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Westtown station''' is a railroad station in [[Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania]]. It currently serves as a stop on the [[West Chester Railroad]] [[heritage railway]] as well as an art gallery.
The station was a stop on the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s (PRR) West Chester Line, and later became a part of [[SEPTA]]'s [[Media/Wawa Line|R3 West Chester Line]]. SEPTA discontinued service in 1986, and the West Chester Railroad resurrected the line for recreational excursions in 1997.
==History== Westtown station was built in 1859 by the [[West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad]] and was originally called Street Road station, but was renamed "Westtown" in 1888. The Westtown Post Office was established there in 1871, though it has since moved to a new site in an adjacent building.
SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at [[Exton station (Pennsylvania)|Exton station]] on SEPTA's [[Paoli/Thorndale Line]].
Service was restored by the [[West Chester Railroad]] in 1997, a privately owned and operated [[heritage railway]] that operates between Glen Mills and West Chester on weekends. The station still stands and is home to an art gallery run by Kenneth Kazanjian, a potter, and Shelly Shultis, a painter.
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.westchesterrr.net/ West Chester Railroad's official website]
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
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