Glen Mills station

Glen Mills station is a railroad station in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania currently used by the West Chester Railroad heritage railway. It is located at 130 Glen Mills Road, and owned by the Thornbury Historical Society.

Glen Mills
West Chester Railroad tourist train station
Restored Glen Mills station
General information
Location130 Glen Mills Road
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39.9199°N 75.4904°W / 39.9199; -75.4904
Owned byWest Chester Railroad
Line(s)Pennsylvania Railroad, SEPTA R3 West Chester Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeQueen Anne gothic
History
Opened1882, 1997 (as heritage railway)
ClosedSeptember 19, 1986[1]
Rebuilt1991
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[2]
Services
Preceding station West Chester Railroad Following station
Locksley
toward West Chester
 Main Line Terminus
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Cheyney
toward West Chester
 West Chester Line Wawa
toward Suburban Station
Locksley
(closed 1981)
toward West Chester
 Darlington
(closed 1981)
toward Suburban Station
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Locksley
toward West Chester
 West Chester Line Darlington
toward Suburban Station

History

The site was a stop on the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad beginning in 1858.[3] The original station was located across the track where the Glen Mills Store now stands. In 1880, the railroad became the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch. The current station was built in 1882, and is believed to have been designed by Frank Furness.[4][5] It later became a part of SEPTA's West Chester line. SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at the nearby Exton station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line.[4]

In 1997, the station was reopened by the West Chester Railroad, a privately owned and operated heritage railway running between Glen Mills and West Chester on weekends. However, due to what their website calls "hazardous and limited parking", the West Chester Railroad does not pick up passengers at Glen Mills. Instead, it serves as a 20-minute layover spot, where passengers can explore the station and picnic grove, and use bathrooms.

References
  1. "The Potential of Rail Service to West Chester Borough". Borough of West Chester. p. 24. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  2. "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Ashmead, Henry G. (1884). "XX. Traveling and Transportation". History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts. p. 199.
  4. "Sprucing up a SEPTA station in Delco". Philadelphia Inquirer. July 10, 1992.
  5. Marie, McCullough (July 10, 1992). "Thornbury neighbors help to get an old station back on track". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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