Fox Chase Branch

Fox Chase
Overview
Owner	SEPTA
Service
Services	Fox Chase Line
History
Opened	14 June 1876 (1876-06-14)
Electrified	26 September 1966 (1966-09-26)
Technical
Line length	4.9 mi (7.9 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	12kv 25hz overhead catenary
Route map Legend mi 26.3 Newtown 25.0 George School Neshaminy Creek 22.4 Holland 20.8 Churchville Newtown Rail Trail 18.9 Southampton 18.0 County Line Bucks County Montgomery County Pennypack Trail Trenton Cutoff 17.1 Woodmont Pennypack Creek Pennypack Creek 15.1 Bryn Athyn Pennypack Creek 14.4 Huntingdon Valley 14.0 Neshaminy Line Pennypack Creek Pennypack Creek 12.8 Walnut Hill 11.1 Fox Chase 10.1 Ryers Trenton Subdivision 9.7 Cheltenham 9.0 Lawndale 7.3 Olney Olney Branch Bethlehem Branch SEPTA Main Line 6.2 Newtown Junction Trenton Subdivision SEPTA Main Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Fox Chase Branch, formerly the Newtown Branch, is a railway line in the state of Pennsylvania. It runs 4.9 miles (7.9 km) from a junction with the SEPTA Main Line near Wayne Junction to Fox Chase. At its fullest extent, it continued another fifteen miles north to Newtown. The oldest part of it was built in 1876 by the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad. It was part of the Reading Company system from 1879 until 1976. Today it is owned by SEPTA and hosts the Fox Chase Line commuter rail service.