Link Belt station

Link Belt
Link Belt
General information
Location	3367 East Walnut Street; Chalfont, PA, USA
Coordinates	40°16′26″N 75°14′49″W / 40.274°N 75.247°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 (and one storage track)
Construction
Parking	None
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	December 2, 1952
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2017	23 boardings, 20 alightings (weekday average)
Rank	146 of 146
Services

Link Belt station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located at County Line Road & Walnut Street in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Montgomery County side of County Line Road, north of Pennsylvania Route 309, and sits next to the popular "Whistle Stop Park." In FY 2017, Link Belt station had a weekday average of 23 boardings and 20 alightings, making it the least used station in the SEPTA Regional Rail system.^[2]

The Link Belt station was created by the Reading Railroad to service the Link-Belt Company plant built across West Walnut Street from the rail line in 1952, opening formally on December 2.^[1] Link-Belt stopped operations in Colmar in 1983 and the former plant is now the headquarters of Dorman Products.

On December 18, 2011, weekend service was discontinued at this station due to low ridership.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant". The Wilkes-Barre Record. December 2, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 28. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

External links[edit]

[linkbeltstation-1] "Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant". The Wilkes-Barre Record. December 2, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 28. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

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