Newtown Station (SEPTA) — Local services in Newtown

Station site along a vital commuter line that has been battered terribly by Philadelphia politicos more concerned with getting re-elected than improving stifling traffic along I-95.

SEPTA stopped running trains to Newtown in early 1983. Since then, the region has grown and the highways — as well as the Warminster and West Trenton Lines — have...

If all goes well, this will become the new home of the Newtown Rail Trail. I can picture it now, a vacant lot in 2019 transformed into the beginning of a Bucks County's finest Rail -to-Trails conversion. This pedestrian walking and biking path will connect with The Pennypack trail and this will be mile zero. Keeping our fingers crossed...

Don't get too upset Paul Iverson. The West Trenton line is NOT far away.

History: This station was abandoned in 1983 when SEPTA discontinued all non-electrified service. Later, railbuses were used on the line, but patronage remained light, and the station was abandoned AGAIN in 1999. There are plans to convert this to...