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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Jul 26 19:04:30 2016 From the SEPTA posting:Effective Monday July 27, 1981, train service will be cancelled beyond Norristown (PA) on the Pottstown Line and beyond Lansdale (PA) on the Quakertown Line |
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Posted by northshore on Tue Jul 26 21:21:17 2016, in response to 35 Years Ago, posted by kp5308 on Tue Jul 26 19:04:30 2016. When was SEPTA service discontinued on the West Trenton Line to Newark, NJ? |
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Posted by kp5308 on Tue Jul 26 21:38:00 2016, in response to Re: 35 Years Ago, posted by northshore on Tue Jul 26 21:21:17 2016. I don't know the exact date but I do know it was 1981. NJT ran a connecting service from Newark to West Trenton for about a year after. |
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Posted by X-Astorian on Wed Jul 27 00:08:45 2016, in response to Re: 35 Years Ago, posted by northshore on Tue Jul 26 21:21:17 2016. The service was operated by Conrail under contract with both SEPTA and NJT. Down to one train in each direction, the through running ended on "August 1, 1981, when SEPTA withdrew its support for Conrail passenger services operating beyond the Philadelphia commuter zone." [from Trains, Trolleys & Transit]The June 27, 1982, Raritan Valley timetable still showed one train in each direction between West Trenton and Newark but the April 24, 1983, one no longer did. |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Jul 27 00:12:05 2016, in response to 35 Years Ago, posted by kp5308 on Tue Jul 26 19:04:30 2016. And look, it was 7 years ago next month that the Republicans in Harrisburg finally succeeded in killing the effort to restore service to Pottstown and beyond! |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Jul 27 16:57:15 2016, in response to Re: 35 Years Ago, posted by X-Astorian on Wed Jul 27 00:08:45 2016. The real shame is today, that line would probably thrive as much as the Trenton line with people who live along the SEPTA areas but work in New York, living that far away from NYC due to the extremely high rents in NYC.There are parts of Northeast Philly that could have seen real estate values jump sharply if that had been kept. |
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