Link Belt station explained

Link Belt
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:3367 East Walnut Street
Chalfont, PA, USA
Coordinates:40.274°N -75.247°W
Tracks:1 (and one storage track)
Parking:None
Passengers:23 boardings, 20 alightings (weekday average)
Pass Year:2017
Pass Rank:146 of 146
Opened:December 2, 1952[1]
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Zone:4
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Link Belt station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located at County Line Road & Walnut Street in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Montgomery County side of County Line Road, north of Pennsylvania Route 309, and sits next to the popular "Whistle Stop Park." In FY 2017, Link Belt station had a weekday average of 23 boardings and 20 alightings, making it the least used station in the SEPTA Regional Rail system.[2]

The Link Belt station was created by the Reading Railroad to service the Link-Belt Company plant built across West Walnut Street from the rail line in 1952, opening formally on December 2. Link-Belt stopped operations in Colmar in 1983 and the former plant is now the headquarters of Dorman Products.

On December 18, 2011, weekend service was discontinued at this station due to low ridership.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant. April 17, 2018. The Wilkes-Barre Record. December 2, 1952. 6. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 28 . 14 September 2023.