Hellertown station explained
| Hellertown |
| Style: | SEPTA |
| Style2: | SEPTA Former |
| Address: | 1090 Front Street, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Line: | Bethlehem Line |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Closed: | June 30, 1981[1] |
| Accessible: | No |
| Electrified: | No |
| Years1: | December 6, 1982 |
| Events1: | Station depot razed[2] |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 14 |
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The Hellertown station was a train station which was located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania on the former Bethlehem Line of the North Pennsylvania Railroad. Closed in July 1981, it was razed on December 6, 1982; no trace of it remains.[2]
History and architectural features
In 1871, the Hellertown station was one of thirty-three stations that were erected along a 54.6-mile line of the North Penn Railroad that ran from Berks Street in Philadelphia to Bethlehem Union Station in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
This station was last used by SEPTA diesel service and was closed in July 1981 after SEPTA terminated all diesel routes.[3] [4]
The station was razed on December 6, 1982.[2]
Notes and References
- News: Moylan . Tom . Rail Service Ends Today for Bethlehem; SEPTA Retains Quakertown Run . September 1, 2020 . The Morning Call . June 30, 1981 . Allentown, Pennsylvania . 16. Newspapers.com.
- News: Hellertown Historical Group to Protest Station's Razing . May 12, 2019 . . December 16, 1982 . Allentown, Pennsylvania. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Schwieterman, Joseph P. . When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment. registration . Truman State University Press . 2001 . 255 . 9780943549989.
- News: SEPTA Votes to Trim 2 Rail Lines. March 26, 1981 . Philadelphia Daily News . Ken . Lockerby . ... the SEPTA board yesterday voted to cut service on two commuter rail lines. The SEPTA board made the cuts because four of the counties served by the two lines Lehigh, Northampton. Schuylkill and Berks have refused to help subsidize them. As of April 1. unless the counties offer to help SEPTA financially, service will stop on the Quakertown-Bethlehem line to Centre Valley, Hellertown and Bethlehem..
