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- The tunnel is cut through a hill in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States. The tunnel and line are now owned by Norfolk Southern as part of its Harrisburg Line.
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Aug 24, 2018 · Yet the plan’s backers are undeterred. Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler said this proposal is different in size and scope from the previous ones. Mayor Peter Ursucheler stands at a small abounded stretch of railroad that remains along Bridge Street near the former train station in Phoenixville, PA, on August 21, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for ...
- Jim Saksa
Jul 22, 2021 · At the state level, PennDOT's December 2020 Reading to Philadelphia Passenger Rail Analysis suggests six stops on the proposed line — Reading, Birdsboro, Pottstown, Royersford, Phoenixville,...
- Marlene Lang
Sep 16, 2021 · PHOENIXVILLE, PA — A massive new passenger rail proposal that would link New York City with Philadelphia and the Route 422 corridor in southeastern Pennsylvania out to Reading is taking shape....
- Marlene Lang
Built in 1883, this connecting line branched from the Pennsylvania Railroad mainline at Frazer and meandered 6.2 miles northeast to Phoenixville, where it connected with another PRR mainline. Within Phoenixville, the line actually crosses over the PRR mainline before connecting to it south of town.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: Coordinates: Status: Active: System: Reading Railroad (original) Norfolk Southern (current) Operation; Constructed: 1835–1837: Opened: 1838: Character: Freight: Technical; Length: 1,932 feet (589 m) No. of tracks: Double (original) Single (current) Track gauge
From Phoenixville, the Reading passes through Black Rock Tunnel (under PA Route 113) then crosses the Schuylkill River and follows its north bank through Royersford, Linfield and Sanatoga to Pottstown. In Phoenixville, the Reading passes underneath the Pennsylvania RR's Schuylkill division line.
Jul 3, 2020 · PHOENIXVILLE, PA — The latest proposal for the new passenger rail project would run from Reading to Philadelphia, stopping only in Phoenixville in between. The original plan of three new...
