Newtown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Newtown_station_-_July_2012.jpg) Newtown station site in July 2012. Platform and signage remain. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Penn Street Newtown, Pennsylvania. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°13′36″N 74°55′52″W / 40.2266°N 74.9312°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Terminal station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | station shed (demolished) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1873 (RDG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 18, 1983[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Newtown station is a defunct railroad station in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Built by the Reading Railroad, it later served SEPTA Regional Rail's Fox Chase/Newtown Line. SEPTA closed the station in 1983.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara (October 21, 1983). "SEPTA to Boost Rail Service 13%". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1–2. Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
