George School | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Former railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location | George School, Middletown, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°12′44″N 74°56′20″W / 40.2123°N 74.9389°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | demolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1905 (RDG) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | January 18, 1983[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | no | ||||||||||||||||||||
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George School station is a defunct railroad station at George School, a private Quaker boarding and day high school in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The original station was built by the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad in 1893 and burned in 1905. It was replaced with a station that was moved from Huntingdon Valley, further down the Newtown Branch. That station was demolished in 1971. A cinder 'platform' was used as a flagstop by both the Reading Railroad and SEPTA Regional Rail. SEPTA closed the station and several others in 1983 when train service was suspended.