Parkesburg station
{{Short description|Railway station in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| style = Amtrak
| name = Parkesburg, PA
| image = Amt Parksburg-eastbound-station.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Parkesburg Amtrak station on the eastbound track 1, but looking west.
| address = 501 Maple Street
Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|39|57|33|N|75|55|20|W}}
| line = Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
| other = {{bus icon|12px|local transit}} TMACC: Coatesville Link
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 3
| parking =
| bicycle =
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Parkesburg}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationPA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}
| rebuilt =
| accessible =
| electrified = January 15, 1938{{cite news |title=Pennsy Completes New Electric Link |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57808086/paoli-harrisburg-electric-january-15/ |accessdate=August 22, 2020 |work=The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader |date=January 15, 1938 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| code = {{Amtrak code|PAR}}
| owned = Amtrak
| zone =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak
|line1=Keystone Service|left1=Lancaster|right1=Coatesville
|line2=Pennsylvanian|nonstop2=yes
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Pennsylvanian|left1=Lancaster|right1=Coatesville
|system2=SEPTA
|line2=Parkesburg|right2=Coatesville
|system3=Pennsylvania Railroad
|line4=main|left4=Lenover|right4=Pomeroy
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|Amtrak}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Parkesburg station is an Amtrak train station located at West First Avenue and South Culvert Street in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains. A station building exists at the stop, but is not currently used as a ticket office. Parkesburg has two low-level side platforms; a center track is not used for passenger service.
History
From {{circa|1914}} until 1972, Parkesburg Tower was located near the Atlantic Avenue bridge. The tower served as a communication/signalling point for westbound (to Lancaster and beyond) trains, and a routing location for eastbound trains entering the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. A small service yard was also located nearby for both track service and to assist with sideling switching. Parkesburg Station once was the westernmost stop for the SEPTA R5 commuter line from April 2, 1990 (now the Paoli/Thorndale Line). It was truncated to Downingtown November 10, 1996{{cite news|title=SEPTA Board Cuts Service; But Opposition is Spirited|accessdate=July 19, 2011|newspaper=The Philadelphia Daily News|date=October 25, 1996|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI{{!}}DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A3875970FC77&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|pages=12}} because of the need for trains to deadhead to Lancaster to turn around. It has since been re-extended to Thorndale, a few miles west of Downingtown.
In 1984, the station appeared in the movie Witness.{{cite web| url=http://parkesburgtoday.com/parkesburg-yesterday-9/ | title=Parkesburg Yesterday | date=2011-04-07 | accessdate=2015-09-09 | publisher=Parkesburg Today}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Amtrak web|PAR|Parkesburg, PA}}
- [http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/parkesburg.htm Parkesburg Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)]
{{Amtrak Pennsylvania stations}}
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
{{PRR Main Line stations}}
Category:Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania
Category:Railway stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
Category:Former SEPTA Regional Rail stations
Category:Stations on the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1905
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