Mount Joy station (Pennsylvania) explained

Style:Amtrak
Mount Joy, PA
Address:25 Market Street
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.1088°N -76.5028°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: RRTA: 18
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes
Electrified:January 15, 1938[1]
Rebuilt:2016–2019
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Amtrak
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes

Mount Joy station is an Amtrak intercity railway station located about 13 miles northwest of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at East Henry Street and North Market Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains. The station formerly was a makeshift bus shelter in a railroad cut but replaced by an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990-accessible platform. There is no ticket office at this station.

History

Mount Joy station was rebuilt between 2016 and 2019.[2] [3] The project raised the platforms to reduce dwell time, had platforms be covered with a canopy to protect passengers from the elements, added elevators in order to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and constructed a pedestrian walkway allowing easy access between the platforms. The slope was stabilized while additional parking spaces complemented an earlier phase where 69 parking spaces were added in 2012. Michael Baker International were the architects while Wagman was contracted to construct the new station.[4] The station was rededicated on October 21, 2019 at a cost of $33 million, $8 million more than initially anticipated.

Notes and References

  1. News: Pennsy Completes New Electric Link . August 22, 2020 . The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader . January 15, 1938 . 1. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: $25 million train station upgrade underway in Mount Joy. DuPuis. Roger. Central Penn Business Journal. October 27, 2016. March 3, 2017.
  3. News: PennDOT, Federal Transit Administration celebrate opening of new Mount Joy Train Station . October 22, 2019 . . October 21, 2019 . York, Pennsylvania.
  4. Web site: Mount Joy Train Station. Wagman.com. 2 May 2019 . September 4, 2019.