Westtown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The restored Westtown station, now in use as an art gallery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 850 Street Road (PA 962),Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania 19382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°55′55″N75°32′57″W / 39.93193°N 75.54915°W /39.93193; -75.54915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | West Chester Railroad tourist train station | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | West Chester Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Pennsylvania Railroad, SEPTA R3 West Chester Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Frame building | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1859, 1997 (as heritage railway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | September 19, 1986[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 2, 1928[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Street Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Westtown station is a railroad station inThornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It currently serves as a stop on theWest Chester Railroadheritage railway as well as an art gallery.
The station was a stop on thePennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) West Chester Line, and later became a part ofSEPTA'sR3 West Chester Line. SEPTA discontinued service in 1986, and the West Chester Railroad resurrected the line for recreational excursions in 1997.
Westtown station was built in 1859 by theWest Chester and Philadelphia Railroad and was originally called Street Road station, but was renamed "Westtown" in 1888. The Westtown Post Office was established there in 1871, though it has since moved to a new site in an adjacent building.
SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities atExton station on SEPTA'sPaoli/Thorndale Line.
Service was restored by theWest Chester Railroad in 1997, a privately owned and operatedheritage railway that operates between Glen Mills and West Chester on weekends. The station still stands and is home to an art gallery run by Kenneth Kazanjian, a potter, and Shelly Shultis, a painter.
