Valley Forge Park | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former SEPTA regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Port Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sullivan's Trail, near Trooper Road and US 422 in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°06′23″N 75°25′16″W / 40.10639°N 75.42111°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Conrail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 4, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | July 26, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Valley Forge Park station (also known as Port Kennedy station) is a former train station in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The station is visible from Sullivan's Bridge in the Valley Forge National Historic Park. Valley Forge Park station was originally built by the Reading Railroad as Port Kennedy station, and later served the SEPTA diesel service extending from the Norristown section of the Manayunk/Norristown Line to Pottsville. Service was originally suspended prior to SEPTA taking over from Reading Railroad but was opened in 1976 for the American bicentennial.[2] In 1981, the station was closed again when SEPTA discontinued the diesel service.
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Port Kennedy station and hotel in 1907
- ^ "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Port Kennedy Rail Station Revitalization". March 20, 2020.
