Bryn Athyn (SEPTA station)
- Bryn Athyn (SEPTA station)
Bryn Athyn is an abandoned train station located on Fetters Mill Road in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, not far from the Pennypack Creek. The station, built in 1902, was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. On December 5, 1921, the stretch of track between Bryn Athyn and Southampton stations was the site of the Reading Railroad's deadliest accident to that date, when two trains met in a head-on collision, killing 27 and injuring 70. [cite news |title=21 Persons Killed in Reading Wreck |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B06E1D7103EEE3ABC4E53DFB467838A639EDE |publisher=New York Times |date=December 6 1921 |accessdate=2007-11-07 ]
Bryn Athyn station later became a part of SEPTA's R8 Newtown Line. The station, and all of those north of Fox Chase, was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Bryn Athyn station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.
The building is now used as a post office and a community building. The former station retains its SEPTA signage that were in place when the station closed in 1983.
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* [http://www.thebluecomet.com/rdgBrynAthyn.jpgPicture of same station at Bryn Athyn, pre-SEPTA era.]
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