Main Street station (SEPTA)

Main Street
Location	305 West Main Street Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488Coordinates: 40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 90, 91, 93, 131
Construction
Parking	92 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Norristown–Elm Street Terminus Manayunk/​Norristown Line Norristown T.C. toward Penn Medicine
Former services Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station Elm Street via Rink station toward Liberty Bell High Speed Line Until 1951 Lafayette Street toward 69th Street Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Elm Street Terminus Norristown Branch Norristown toward Philadelphia

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 (diesel-only) 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.^[1]

History[]

The original Main Street structure was originally the last Lehigh Valley Transit Company stop on the Liberty Bell Limited (also known as the Liberty Bell High Speed Line) from Allentown to Philadelphia, turning onto Mount Airy Street going towards what is now the Norristown Transportation Center (formerly the Lafayette Street station) and formerly connected with the Norristown High Speed Line.^[2] In the 1960s, the Reading Railroad built a replacement structure to connect to the Pottsville Line as a spur.^[3] It also served the Stony Creek Branch to Lansdale.^[4] In 1981, SEPTA abandoned the main route towards Pottstown and used the route to Elm Street to be part of the Manayunk/Norristown line.

Old Norristown station configuration. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company's Liberty Bell High Speed Line was a continuation of the existing Norristown High Speed 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[]

References[]

External links[]

• SEPTA – Norristown Main Street Station
• Original Norristown Main Street Reading Railroad Station
• Station from Main Street from Google Maps Street View

Side view.