Glen Mills station

Glen Mills
Glen Mills
West Chester Railroad tourist train station
	Restored Glen Mills station
General information
Location	130 Glen Mills Road; Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°55′12″N 75°29′25″W / 39.9199°N 75.4904°W
Owned by	West Chester Railroad
Line(s)	Pennsylvania Railroad, SEPTA R3 West Chester Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	Queen Anne gothic
History
Opened	1882, 1997 (as heritage railway)
Closed	September 19, 1986
Rebuilt	1991
Electrified	December 2, 1928
Services
Former services
Locksley (closed 1981) toward West Chester	Darlington (closed 1981) toward Suburban Station
Location
Location

Glen Mills station is a railroad station in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania currently used by the West Chester Railroad heritage railway. It is located at 130 Glen Mills Road, and owned by the Thornbury Historical Society.

History

The site was a stop on the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad beginning in 1858.^[3] The original station was located across the track where the Glen Mills Store now stands. In 1880, the railroad became the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch. The current station was built in 1882, and is believed to have been designed by Frank Furness.^[4]^[5] It later became a part of SEPTA's West Chester line. SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at the nearby Exton station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line.^[4]

In 1997, the station was reopened by the West Chester Railroad, a privately owned and operated heritage railway running between Glen Mills and West Chester on weekends. However, due to what their website calls "hazardous and limited parking", the West Chester Railroad does not pick up passengers at Glen Mills. Instead, it serves as a 20-minute layover spot, where passengers can explore the station and picnic grove, and use bathrooms.

References

^ "The Potential of Rail Service to West Chester Borough". Borough of West Chester. p. 24. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ashmead, Henry G. (1884). "XX. Traveling and Transportation". History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts. p. 199. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Sprucing up a SEPTA station in Delco". Philadelphia Inquirer. July 10, 1992.
^ Marie, McCullough (July 10, 1992). "Thornbury neighbors help to get an old station back on track". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

External links

[westchester-1] "The Potential of Rail Service to West Chester Borough". Borough of West Chester. p. 24. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[2] "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[Ashmead-3] Ashmead, Henry G. (1884). "XX. Traveling and Transportation". History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts. p. 199. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Thornbury-4] "Sprucing up a SEPTA station in Delco". Philadelphia Inquirer. July 10, 1992.

[5] Marie, McCullough (July 10, 1992). "Thornbury neighbors help to get an old station back on track". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

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