Harrisburg Line

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Harrisburg Line
Eastbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train on the Harrisburg Line in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; train traveling on Harrisburg Line's Reading Company main line trackage.
Overview
Status	Active
Owner	Norfolk Southern Railway (1999–present) Conrail (1976–1999)
Locale	Eastern Pennsylvania
Termini	CP-River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania CP-Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Service
Type	Freight rail
System	Norfolk Southern Railway (1999–present) Conrail (1976–1999)
History
Opened	April 1, 1976; the line’s oldest trackage opened on July 16, 1838.
Technical
Number of tracks	1-2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Harrisburg Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Philadelphia (HP 5.2) west to Harrisburg (HP 112.9).

The Harrisburg Line was formed the day Conrail began operations, April 1, 1976, from two former Reading Company lines, the original namesake main line to Reading, Pennsylvania, and the Lebanon Valley Branch.

Today, the Harrisburg Line is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway under their Harrisburg Division.^[1] The Harrisburg Line runs through two tunnels, the Flat Rock Tunnel in Lower Merion Township and the Black Rock Tunnel in Phoenixville.