Fortuna station (SEPTA)

Fortuna
Fortuna
	Newly-constructed high level platform in 2017
Location	101 Cowpath Road (PA 463); Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446
Coordinates	40°15′08″N 75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°WCoordinates: 40°15′08″N 75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 132
Construction
Parking	33
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
Electrified	July 26, 1931
Services
Former services

Fortuna station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located near the corner of North Broad Street and Cowpath Road (Route 463) in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Cowpath Road was originally an actual cow path. In FY 2013, Fortuna station had a weekday average of 60 boardings and 103 alightings.^[2] As part of an out of court settlement with the owners of a cow killed by a Reading Railroad train at the crossing, the station was named Fortuna in honor of the deceased cow.^[3]

Station layout[]

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	All trains	← Lansdale/Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (9th Street – Lansdale) ← Lansdale/Doylestown Line toward Link Belt or Doylestown (Colmar) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

References[]

^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
^ Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

Media related to Fortuna station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)

[fortunacow-3] Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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