New Hope station
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{{Infobox station
| name=New Hope
| style=Reading Company
| type=New Hope Railroad heritage station
| image=New Hope Station.JPG
| image_size=
| image_caption=New Hope station in 2010
|address=32 West Bridge Street, New Hope, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| coordinates={{coord|40.36497|-74.95342|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
| structure=Depot
| platform=1
| closed=June 7, 1952{{cite news|title=150 Take Last Train Ride on Old New Hope Line|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14499368/new_hope_ends_june_8_1952/|access-date=October 18, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 8, 1952|page=41|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| rebuilt=1966, 1991
| electrified=
| accessible=yes
| code=NH
| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=New Hope and Ivyland Railroad|line=Main Line|left=Lahaska}}
| other_services_collapsible=yes
| other_services_header=Former services
| other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=New Hope Branch|left=Hood|note-left=service ended 1952}}
}}
New Hope is a heritage railroad station on the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
File:First train to New Hope, Pennsylvania.jpg in March 1891]]
New Hope station was once the terminal point of the Reading Company's New Hope Branch. Regular service to this station ended September 1952.
The station became a heritage railroad station of the NHRR, which was originally known as the New Hope Branch of the Reading Company (RDG), which leased the North Pennsylvania Railroad, of which it was a part. The railroad ran as far as Hartsville Station (near Bristol Road) until March 21, 1891, when the line was extended to the long-desired terminal of New Hope, Pennsylvania.
A decade after June 1952, when Hatboro-New Hope passenger service terminated, the RDG's financial situation was precarious. Looking to rid themselves of unprofitable branch lines via abandonment, a group of train buffs and businessmen led by Philadelphia attorney Kenneth Souser — established as Steam Trains, Inc. — were seeking to operate steam trains on a for-profit basis.{{cite book|last1=Balkin|first1=Marc|title=Ride the New Hope Line!|date=2007|publisher=Mark I Videos}} Steam Trains, Inc. became organized as the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, and on June 20, 1966, the 16.7 mile line was sold for $200,000, equal to ${{Inflation|US|200000|1966|fmt=c}} today.{{Cite book| last = Pawson | first = John R. | title = Delaware Valley Rails: The Railroads and Rail Transit Lines of the Philadelphia Area | publisher = John R. Pawson | year = 1979 | location = Willow Grove, Pennsylvania | pages = 115–117 | isbn = 0-9602080-0-3}}
References
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External links
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Category:Former Reading Company stations
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1891
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1966
Category:Railway stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1952
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