Main Street station (SEPTA)


Main Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is one of the two stations on the short electrified branch to Elm Street in Norristown. This branch leaves the main line to Pottsville and Reading. Currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, the Reading Railroad once operated passenger service on that line. The station has 76 parking spaces. It is located at Main and Markley Streets. In FY 2013, Main Street station had a weekday average of 189 boardings and 181 alightings.

History

The original Main Street structure was originally the last Lehigh Valley Transit Company stop on the Liberty Bell Limited from Allentown to Philadelphia, turning onto Mount Airy Street going towards what is now the Norristown Transportation Center and formerly connected with the Norristown High Speed Line. In the 1960s, the Reading Railroad built a replacement structure to connect to the Pottsville Line as a spur. It also served the Stony Creek Branch to Lansdale. In 1981, SEPTA abandoned the main route towards Pottstown and used the route to Elm Street to be part of the Manayunk/Norristown line. along Swede Road and then E. Airy Street before turning onto Markley Street where it meets up with the existing Manayunk/Norristown Line. The current Manayunk/Norristown Line continued to Valley Forge instead of going to Main Street along Lafayette Street.

Station layout