Link Belt station

{{Short description|Railway station in Colmar, Pennsylvania}}

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| name=Link Belt

| style=SEPTA | style2=SEPTA Regional Rail

| symbol_location=septa

| symbol=septa

| image=LinkBeltStation.JPG

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| address= 3367 East Walnut Street
Colmar, PA, USA

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| platform=1 side platform

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| tracks=1 (and one storage track)

| parking=None

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| passengers= 23 boardings, 20 alightings (weekday average)

| pass_year= 2017

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| pass_rank= 146 of 146

| opened=December 2, 1952{{cite news|title=Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19331717/link_belt_station_december_2_1952/|accessdate=April 17, 2018|work=The Wilkes-Barre Record|date=December 2, 1952|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

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| electrified=Yes

| accessible=Yes

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| owned=SEPTA

| zone=4

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| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Lansdale/Doylestown|left=Colmar|right=Chalfont}}

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Link Belt station is a station stop on the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located at East Walnut Street & County Line Road in Colmar, PA and just northwest of Montgomeryville, PA. It is located on the Montgomery County side of County Line Road, north of Bethlehem Pike (PA 309), and sits next to the popular "Whistle Stop Park."

Background

In FY 2017, the 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.{{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=SEPTA | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=28 | access-date=14 September 2023}}

The Link Belt station was created by the Reading Railroad to service the Link-Belt Company plant built across East Walnut Street from the rail line in 1952, opening formally on December 2. 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.

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