Barmouth station (SEPTA)
Barmouth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The former station site on the Cynwyd Heritage Trail in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | East Levering Mill Road Lower Merion, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°00′58″N 75°13′39″W / 40.0161°N 75.2274°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Shelters (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Closed | May 16, 1986[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 20, 1930[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Barmouth station was a railroad station in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. Located on East Levering Mill Road, the station was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Schuylkill Branch, and later became a part of SEPTA's Ivy Ridge Line (then called R6 Ivy Ridge).
The station, and all of those north of Cynwyd station, was closed in May 1986 when the integrity of the Pencoyd Viaduct crossing the Schuylkill River and Schuylkill Expressway was questioned. In 2009, SEPTA leased the line to Lower Merion Township, who dismantled the tracks for the Cynwyd Heritage Trail.[3][4] The last remnants of the station, the platforms and a stone shelter, were demolished in 2011 to make room for the trail parking lot.[5][6]
The Barmouth station site bisects West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Westminster Cemetery.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ivy Ridge Station Will Be Back on Line". The Philadelphia Daily News. August 22, 1986. p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Lines Opened by Pennsy". The Altoona Mirror. July 21, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved September 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cynwyd trail news
- ^ montgomerynews.com
- ^ "Night cleanup".
- ^ "2011 Fall Festival and Ribbon Cutting".
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