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Barmouth (SEPTA station)

Barmouth
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Location East Levering Mill Road
Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°00′58″N 75°13′39″W / 40.0161°N 75.2274°W / 40.0161; -75.2274Coordinates: 40°00′58″N 75°13′39″W / 40.0161°N 75.2274°W / 40.0161; -75.2274
Platforms 2 (demolished)
Tracks 0 (formerly 2)
Construction
Structure type shelters (demolished)
History
Closed 1986
Electrified yes
Services
No services
  Former services  
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
next west (closed 1986)
toward Ivy Ridge
Ivy Ridge Line
next east
Pennsylvania Railroad
next west
toward Pottsville
Schuylkill Branch
next east

Barmouth station was a railroad station in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. Located on East Levering Mill Road, the station was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Schuylkill Branch, and later became a part of SEPTA's Ivy Ridge Line (then called R6 Ivy Ridge).

The station, and all of those north of Cynwyd station, was closed in September 1986 when the integrity of the Pencoyd Viaduct crossing the Schuylkill River and Schuylkill Expressway was questioned. In 2009, SEPTA leased the line to Lower Merion Township, who dismantled the tracks for the Cynwyd Heritage Trail. The last remnants of the station, the platforms and a stone shelter, were demolished in 2011 to make room for the trail parking lot.

The Barmouth station site bisects West Laurel Hill Cemetery and Westminster Cemetery.


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