Valley Forge station explained

Valley Forge
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Former
Type:Former SEPTA regional rail station
Address:Valley Forge Road (PA 23) and River Road
Valley Forge National Historic Park
Coordinates:40.102°N -75.4601°W
Opened:1911
Closed:July 26, 1981[1]
Electrified:no
Accessible:no
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Valley Forge station is a former railroad station at the Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. The station was completed in 1911 by the Reading Railroad and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from Philadelphia, 23.7miles distant.[2]

[3] The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.[4] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rail Service Marks End of an Era . February 4, 2020 . The News Herald . July 29, 1981 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Service From Philadelphia–Pottsville (1964) . Reading Company - Passenger Schedules . Reading Company Technical and Historical Society . 13 January 2023.
  3. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.
  4. News: Nancy. Petersen . A new view of Valley Forge . . January 3, 2007.
  5. http://jim-frizzell.com/valley_forge_train_station_may_01_2005.htm Train Station