Darlington station (SEPTA)

Darlington station is a defunct commuter rail station on the SEPTA Regional Rail R3 West Chester Line, located at 612 Darlington Road in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania. Originally built by the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, it later served the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch, which finally became SEPTA's R3 line.

Darlington
Former SEPTA Regional Rail station
Former Darlington station site in March 2017.
General information
LocationDarlington Road, Chester Heights, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39.9039°N 75.4692°W / 39.9039; -75.4692
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)West Chester Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typedemolished
History
ClosedOctober 4, 1981[1]
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[2]
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Glen Mills
toward West Chester
 West Chester Line Wawa
toward Suburban Station
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Glen Mills
toward West Chester
 West Chester Line Wawa
toward Suburban Station

The station, and all of those west of Elwyn station, was closed in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Service was "temporarily suspended" at that time, with substitute bus service provided. Darlington station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. Darlington station was named after the dairy located at that place. For years it was a flag stop, but was abandoned and then re-established. However, Darlington Station was demolished shortly after service ended. The concrete curb for the platform edge and the access road are all that remain.

  • Looking up the access road to the former Darlington station in 2017
    Looking up the access road to the former Darlington station in 2017

Darling, Pennsylvania

A post office was established at the station in 1879, which led to the place name Darling being officially recognized.[3] The GNIS classifies it as a populated place with "Darlington" recognized as a variant.[4] The post office remained in operation until 1964.[5] "Darling" was used to prevent confusion with the town of Darlington located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

  • 1896 Decision Card
    1896 Decision Card

References
  1. Tulsky, Fredric N. (September 24, 1981). "Rail Cuts Approved by SEPTA". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 23. Retrieved October 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 31.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Darling
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

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