Barmouth station (SEPTA)

Barmouth
Barmouth SEPTA station, July 1985. Passenger trains operated as far as Ivy Ridge at the time.
Location	East Levering Mill Road Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°00′58″N 75°13′39″W / 40.0161°N 75.2274°W / 40.0161; -75.2274Coordinates: 40°00′58″N 75°13′39″W / 40.0161°N 75.2274°W / 40.0161; -75.2274
Platforms	2 (demolished)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shelters (demolished)
Disabled access	No
History
Closed	May 16, 1986[1]
Electrified	July 20, 1930[2]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Manayunk West toward Ivy Ridge Ivy Ridge Line Cynwyd toward Suburban Station Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Manayunk toward Norristown Line Cynwyd toward Suburban Station

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 .

Gallery[]

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  Former Pennsylvania Railroad station site

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  Entrance to cemetery at the Barmouth trailhead

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  Trail at mile marker 5

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  Trail is located where tracks were once located

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  Trail markers showing Cynwyd station and the Barmouth trailhead

References[]

External links[]

• Cynwyd Heritage trail website

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