Main Street
General information
Location305 West Main Street
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°07′01″N 75°20′56″W / 40.1170°N 75.3488°W / 40.1170; -75.3488
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Norristown Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsSuburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 90, 91, 93, 131
Construction
Parking92 spaces
Other information
Fare zone3
History
OpenedDecember 30, 1873
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Norristown–Elm Street
Terminus
 Manayunk/​Norristown Line Norristown T.C.
toward Penn Medicine
Former services
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Transit Company Following station
Elm Street
via Rink station
toward Allentown
 Liberty Bell High Speed Line
Until 1951
 Lafayette Street
toward 69th Street
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Elm Street
Terminus
 Norristown Branch Norristown
toward Philadelphia

Main Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves the Manayunk/Norristown Line. It is one of the two stations on the short electrified branch to Elm Street in Norristown. The station has 76 parking spaces. It is located at Main and Markley Streets. In FY 2013, Main Street station had a weekday average of 189 boardings and 181 alightings.[1]

History

The Stony Creek Railroad completed the Stony Creek Branch from Lansdale to Norristown on December 30, 1873. Its Norristown depot was located at Main and Markley.[2][3][4] The connection south to the Norristown Branch opened in 1880.[5] Main Street was also the last Lehigh Valley Transit Company stop on the Liberty Bell Limited (also known as the Liberty Bell High Speed Line) from Allentown to Philadelphia, turning onto Mount Airy Street going towards what is now the Norristown Transportation Center (formerly the Lafayette Street station) and formerly connected with the Norristown High Speed Line.[6]

Station layout

P
Platform level
All trains ←      Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward 30th Street or Penn Medicine (Norristown)
     Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward Elm Street – Norristown (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

Notes

  1. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  2. ↑ "New Railroad". Reading Times. January 1, 1874. p. 4. Retrieved June 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Bean (1884), p. 748.
  4. ↑ "Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania". Sanborn Map Company. February 1886. p. 3. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ Coates (1990), p. 66.
  6. ↑ "Liberty Bell High Speed Line".

References

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