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(Redirected from County Line station (NHSL)) Rapid transit station in Pennsylvania, US This article is about the station on SEPTA Route Norristown High Speed Line. For the station on the former segment of the SEPTA Fox Chase Line, see County Line (SEPTA Regional Rail station).

County Line
General information
LocationCounty Line Road near Matsonford Road
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates40°03′00″N 75°20′51″W / 40.0499°N 75.3474°W / 40.0499; -75.3474
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNo
History
Openedc. 1930s
ElectrifiedThird rail
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Matsonfordtoward Norristown T.C. Norristown High Speed Line Radnortoward 69th Street T.C.
Former services
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station
Matsonfordtoward Allentown Liberty Bell High Speed LineUntil 1951 Radnortoward 69th Street
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Matsonfordtoward Norristown Radnor Southtoward 69th Street
Location

County Line station is an interurban rapid transit station on the SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100). The station is located on County Line Road near Matsonford Road in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. All trains stop at the County Line. Trains running south of this station cross under the Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) that carries the Paoli/Thorndale Line as well as Amtrak's Pennsylvanian and Keystone Service trains. The station lies 8.6 track miles (13.8 km) from 69th Street Terminal.

History

The station was built as an infill station in the 1930s along the Lehigh Valley Transit Company line. The community raised $1,300 for the station's construction.

References

  1. "Township Map". Radnor Township. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  2. Mocarski, Monica (March 1, 2006). "Tracking the history of Radnor's trolleys". Main Line Times & Suburban. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

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Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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This list is incomplete.
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent township or townships.
Armenian Sisters Academy has a "Radnor, PA" postal address but is in Upper Merion Township
SEPTA rapid transit stations
Market–Frankford Line
Broad Street Line
Broad–Ridge Spur
Norristown
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