Valley Forge station is a former railroad station at the Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. The station was completed in 1911 by the Reading Railroad and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from Philadelphia, 23.7 miles (38.1 km) distant.[2] The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.[3] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Valley Forge
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Valley Forge station in 2018
General information
Location	Valley Forge Road (PA 23) and River Road Valley Forge National Historic Park
Coordinates	40.102°N 75.4601°W / 40.102; -75.4601
Construction
Disabled access	no
History
Opened	1911
Closed	July 26, 1981[1]
Electrified	no
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Phoenixville toward Pottsville Pottsville line Valley Forge Park Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Perkiomen Junction toward Pottsville Main Line Port Kennedy toward Philadelphia

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.[4]

Gallery

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  Valley Forge train station during Reading Railroad era
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  Valley Forge station in 2017
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  Platform facing west
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  Platform facing east
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  Ticket office customer side
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  Ticket office with typewriter and other station equipment as of 1981
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  Station building
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  Station as viewed from hill

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