Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line

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Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
Amtrak and SEPTA Regional Rail service share operations over the Main Line grade between Philadelphia and Thorndale.
Overview
Status	Operating
Owner	Amtrak
Locale	Pennsylvania
Termini	Suburban Station (Physical Line) 30th Street Station (Intercity Service) Harrisburg Transportation Center
Connecting lines	Pittsburgh Line
Stations	31
Service
Type	Higher-speed rail Inter-city rail Commuter rail
System	Amtrak Norfolk Southern Railway
Services	Keystone Service, Pennsylvanian, Paoli/Thorndale Line
Operator(s)	Amtrak, SEPTA
Technical
Line length	102.9 mi (165.6 km)
Track length	105.2 mi (169.3 km)
Number of tracks	2-4
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
Operating speed	110 mph (180 km/h)
Signalling	Cab signalling
Route map Legend MP SEPTA Main Line via Center City Connection 0.0 Suburban Station Schuylkill River Northeast Corridor 1.0 30th Street Station 1.9 Zoo Junction Northeast Corridor 4.0 Cynwyd Line (Valley Junction) 4.1 Overbrook Yard 5.4 Overbrook 6.0 Merion 6.8 Narberth 7.4 Wynnewood 8.5 Ardmore 9.1 Haverford 10.1 Bryn Mawr 10.9 Rosemont 12.0 Villanova 13.0 Radnor 13.7 St. Davids 14.5 Wayne 15.4 Strafford 16.4 Devon 17.5 Berwyn 18.6 Daylesford 19.9 Paoli 21.6 Malvern Dale Secondary 23.9 Frazer Yard 25.5 Glen Junction 27.5 Exton 28.3 Whitford 32.4 Downingtown 35.5 Thorndale 38.4 Coatesville 44.2 Parkesburg 57.0 Leaman Junction (Strasburg Rail Road) 67.0 Holland Junction (New Holland Industrial) 67.9 Conestoga Junction 68.0 Lancaster 68.1 Cork Junction (Columbia Secondary) 70.0 Lititz Junction (Lititz Secondary) 80.1 Mount Joy 86.8 Elizabethtown 94.5 Roy Junction (Royalton Branch) 94.7 Middletown 104.4 State Junction (Harrisburg Line) 104.6 Harrisburg Transportation Center Pittsburgh Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by Amtrak in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. This is the only electrified Amtrak line in the United States outside of the main line of the Northeast Corridor. The line runs from Philadelphia, where it meets the Northeast Corridor at Zoo Junction at milepost 1.9, west to Harrisburg (MP 104.6), where electrification ends. The Main Line is part of the longer Keystone Corridor, which continues west to Pittsburgh along the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line.^[1] This section is sometimes referred to as "Keystone East"^[2] and is part of Amtrak's Keystone Service.

Philadelphia's Broad Street Station was the original start of the line. It was replaced by Suburban Station, the headquarters for the Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1930. Current service patterns dictate that all passenger rail service on the line begins 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Suburban Station at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia's primary commercial rail station.