Former SEPTA passenger line, Lansdale–Bethlehem, PA U.S.
Bethlehem Line
Overview
Service type
Commuter rail
Status
Discontinued
Last service
July 27, 1981
Former operator(s)
Conrail SEPTA
Route
Termini
Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, U.S. Bethlehem Union Station, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Line(s) used
Bethlehem Branch
Route map
Legend
0 mi
0 km
Reading Terminal
Zone
1
1A
0.8 mi
1.3 km
Spring Garden Street
Center City
Commuter Connection
1.8 mi
2.9 km
Temple University
2.9 mi
4.7 km
North Broad
NORto Pottstown
4.0 mi
6.4 km
Tioga
4.3 mi
6.9 km
Nicetown
5.1 mi
8.2 km
Wayne Junction
FOXto Newtown
Zone
1A
2
5.9 mi
9.5 km
Logan
6.7 mi
10.8 km
Tabor
7.3 mi
11.7 km
Fern Rock
Zone
2
2E
8.4 mi
13.5 km
Melrose Park
9.2 mi
14.8 km
Elkins Park
Zone
2E
2J
10.8 mi
17.4 km
Jenkintown–Wyncote
WTRto West Trenton
11.9 mi
19.2 km
Glenside
WARto Warminster
Zone
2J
3
13.0 mi
20.9 km
North Hills
13.9 mi
22.4 km
Oreland
14.8 mi
23.8 km
Fellwick
PA 309
I-276 / Penna Turnpike
Zone
3
4
15.9 mi
25.6 km
Fort Washington
17.3 mi
27.8 km
Ambler
18.8 mi
30.3 km
Penllyn
20.0 mi
32.2 km
Gwynedd Valley
Zone
4
5
22.4 mi
36 km
North Wales
23.5 mi
37.8 km
Pennbrook
Stony Creek Branch
24.4 mi
39.3 km
Lansdale
DOYto Doylestown
Zone
5
6
27.1 mi
43.6 km
Hatfield
29.6 mi
47.6 km
Souderton
Zone
6
7
30.9 mi
49.7 km
Telford
33.6 mi
54.1 km
Sellersville
35.0 mi
56.3 km
Perkasie
Zone
7
8
40.2 mi
64.7 km
Quakertown
Zone
8
10
47.6 mi
76.6 km
Centre Valley
Zone
10
11
52.6 mi
84.7 km
Hellertown
56.6 mi
91.1 km
Bethlehem
Zone
11
12
61.3 mi
98.7 km
Allentown
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The Bethlehem Line was a SEPTA Regional Rail service on the former Reading Company Bethlehem Branch between Lansdale and Bethlehem. Some trains continued over the electrified Lansdale/Doylestown Line to the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia.
Between 1978 and 1979, SEPTA extended service to Allentown. Service ended altogether in 1981 as SEPTA eliminated its former Reading diesel services. The Bethlehem Line is owned by SEPTA and is utilized for freight service by the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad between Lansdale and Telford and the East Penn Railroad between Telford and Quakertown.
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