The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1+1⁄2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.6 meters) wide by 97 feet 6 inches (29.72 meters), long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 by 30 feet (39.0 by 9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement.[3] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines.[4] SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.

Quakertown
Former SEPTA regional rail station
The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012.
General information
Owned by	Quakertown Train Station Historical Society
Line(s)	Bethlehem Line
Tracks	2 (originally 3)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Website	quakertowntrainstation.org
History
Closed	July 26, 1981[1]
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Perkasie toward Reading Terminal Bethlehem Line Centre Valley toward Allentown Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Rockhill toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Shelly toward Bethlehem
Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Front and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W
Area	2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1889, 1902
Built by	Cramp and Co.
Architect	Wilson Brothers
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	00000382[2]
Added to NRHP	April 14, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[2]

Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west.[5]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

References

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