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Levittown station

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Levittown station (formerly Levittown–Tullytown) is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Tullytown, Pennsylvania served by the Trenton Line. It opened in 1953 and was rebuilt in 2015–2019. The station has two side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.

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History

The former southbound low-level platform with former R7 signage in 2012

The Pennsylvania Railroad's Tullytown was located between Cheston and Brown Streets, northeast of the modern station site.[6] On April 26, 1953, the railroad replaced it with Levittown–Tullytown to serve the then-new namesake community.[4]

The Pennsylvania Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1968. Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971; Amtrak trains continued to stop at the station for a brief period.[7] Penn Central continued to operate local and commuter service, which passed to Conrail in 1976 then finally to SEPTA Regional Rail in 1983 as the Trenton Line. SEPTA later reduced the station name to simply Levittown.

The station underwent a $37.3 million reconstruction project which includes fully accessible high-level platforms, a pedestrian overpass, and parking improvements.[8][9][10] The new platforms and overpass and a new parking lot opened on October 15, 2018; the old underpass and north parking lots were closed for the remaining construction period.[11] The station's reconstruction was completed and rededicated in October 2019.[10]


References

  1. "Trenton Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. "Levittown New Train Schedule Effective April 27". The Bristol Daily Courier. No. The Bristol Daily Courier. April 15, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. Baer, Christopher T. "PRR Chronology: 1953" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.
  4. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. "Tullytown, Pennsylvania". T.M. Fowler. 1887 via Ward Maps.
  6. National Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. May 1, 1971. p. 11 via Museum of Railway Timetables.
  7. "Levittown Station (Trenton Regional Rail Line): Station & Loop Improvements". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  8. Sofield, Tom (June 1, 2016). "Renderings Show New Views Of Under Construction Train Station". Levittown Now. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  9. Sofield, Tom (October 3, 2019). "New Levittown SEPTA Station Makes 'Transformational Change'". LevittownNow.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  10. "SEPTA TRAIN STATION UPDATE 10-15-18". Tullytown Borough. October 15, 2018.

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