Valley Forge station

Valley Forge
Valley Forge
Former SEPTA regional rail station
	Valley Forge station in 2018
Location	Valley Forge Rd (PA 23) and River Rd; Valley Forge National Historic Park
Coordinates	40°06′07″N 75°27′36″W / 40.102°N 75.4601°W
Construction
Disabled access	no
History
Opened	1911
Closed	July 26, 1981
Electrified	no
Former services

Valley Forge station is a former railroad station at the Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. The station was completed in 1911 by the Reading Railroad and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from Philadelphia, 23.7 miles (38.1 km) distant.^[2] The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.^[3] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.^[4]

Gallery[]

Valley Forge train station during Reading Railroad era
Valley Forge station in 2017
Platform facing west
Platform facing east
Ticket office customer side
Ticket office with typewriter and other station equipment as of 1981
Station building
Station as viewed from hill

References[]

^ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.
^ Petersen, Nancy (January 3, 2007). "A new view of Valley Forge". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
^ Train Station

[1] "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.

[Inky-3] Petersen, Nancy (January 3, 2007). "A new view of Valley Forge". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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