The Link Belt station is a station on the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located at County Line Road & Walnut Street in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Montgomery County side of County Line Road, north of Pennsylvania Route 309, and sits next to the popular "Whistle Stop Park."
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| Location | 3367 East Walnut Street Chalfont, PA, USA | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°16′26″N 75°14′49″W / 40.274°N 75.247°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 (and one storage track) | ||||||||||
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| Parking | None | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | December 2, 1952[1] | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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| 2017 | 23 boardings, 20 alightings (weekday average) | ||||||||||
| Rank | 146 of 146 | ||||||||||
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Background
editIn FY 2017, the Link Belt station had a weekday average of 23 boardings and 20 alightings, making it the least used station in the SEPTA Regional Rail system.[2]
The Link Belt station was created by the Reading Railroad to service the Link-Belt Company plant built across West Walnut Street from the rail line in 1952, opening formally on December 2.[1] Link-Belt stopped operations in Colmar in 1983 and the former plant is now the headquarters of Dorman Products.
On December 18, 2011, weekend service was discontinued at this station due to low ridership.
References
edit- ^ a b "Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant". The Wilkes-Barre Record. December 2, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 28. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
