Buckingham Valley station

Buckingham Valley is a defunct station on the Reading Company's New Hope Branch. The original station building, designed by Furness, Evans & Company in 1891, closed in 1952 and was demolished in 1953.[2] The current station building was relocated to this site from the Valley Forge Scenic Railroad about 1970.[2]

Buckingham Valley
New Hope Railroad heritage station
General information
LocationUpper Mountain Road, Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeDepot
Other information
Station codeBV
History
OpenedMarch 21, 1891[1]
ClosedJune 7, 1952[1]
Rebuilt1969
Services
Preceding station New Hope Railroad Following station
Wycombe
toward Warminster
Main Line Lahaska
toward New Hope
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Montessori School New Hope Branch Bycot
toward New Hope

The station is currently on the line used by the New Hope Railroad. While the station sits dormant, the property is currently used for Maintenance-Of-Way storage.

References

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  1. ^ a b "150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 8, 1952. p. 41. Retrieved August 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ a b Josh Musser. "Buckingham Valley station". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27.

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