Langhorne
The station at Langhorne in February 2012 from the abandoned outbound platform. The new station depot, constructed in 2010, is visible on the inbound platform.
General information
LocationBellevue (PA 413) & Comly Avenues
Langhorne Manor, PA (Langhorne address), 19047
Coordinates40°09′39″N 74°54′47″W / 40.1608°N 74.9131°W / 40.1608; -74.9131
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Neshaminy Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: 14
Suburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 129, 130
Construction
Parking236 free/123 with permits
Bicycle facilities3 racks
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone4
History
OpenedApril 27, 1876 (ceremonial service)[1]
May 1, 1876 (regular service)[2]
Rebuilt1881[3]
2010
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931[4]
Passengers
2017404 boardings
426 alightings
(weekday average)[5]
Rank65 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Neshaminy Falls
toward Penn Medicine
 West Trenton Line Woodbourne
toward West Trenton
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Parkland
toward Philadelphia
 New York Branch Glenlake
toward Bound Brook

Langhorne station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey, United States. It is located at Bellevue (PA 413) & Comly Avenues in Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania.[6][7]

The station has off-street parking, a ticket office, and bicycle racks. In FY 2013, Langhorne station had a weekday average of 643 boardings and 688 alightings.[8]

Langhorne station was originally built by the Reading Railroad in 1881.[9] On May 29, 2009, SEPTA announced a $2.3 million plan to replace the existing station.[10] On April 6, 2010, the original station was demolished in order to make room for its replacement.

It is near the borough limits of Penndel.[11]

Station layout

Langhorne consists of a single low-level side platform adjacent to the inbound track. Access to the outbound track is via concrete crossovers of the inbound track.

G
CSX track ← Trenton Subdivision freight service →
Outbound ←      West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Woodbourne)
Inbound      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Neshaminy Falls) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office

Bibliography

  • Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor.

References

  1. ↑ "Opening a New Rail Route". The Lancaster Intelligencer. May 3, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ Poor 1865, p. 711.
  3. ↑ "Existing Railroad Stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Zoning Map 2005". Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  7. ↑ "Langhorne Station". SEPTA. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  8. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  9. ↑ Pennsylvania Railroad Stations; Past & Present
  10. ↑ Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers
  11. ↑ "Getting Around/Map/Mass Transit". Penndel, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-04-05. It is also easily accessible from Langhorne train station, right outside of Penndel's Borough limits.

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