Chester Creek Branch

The Chester Creek Branch was a 7.25-mile (11.67 km) railroad line that operated in southern Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from 1869 to 1972.

Built by the Chester Creek Railroad, it was originally operated and leased by the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, then by a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and finally, for a few years, by PRR successor Penn Central. It connected the Lamokin Street station in Chester to Lenni station in Middletown Township.

The branch diverged from the Northeast Corridor main line near SEPTA's now-defunct Lamokin Street Station. At Lenni, the branch merged with the West Chester Branch, once a segment of today's SEPTA Media/Elwyn Line.

The rail line was built by the Chester Creek Railroad, which was chartered in 1866 and began service in 1869. Its route paralleled Chester Creek from Lenni (at a junction with the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad (WC&P)) southeast to Upland, where it veered south, ending at Lamokin Street and a junction with the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PW&B). The Chester Creek line was operated and leased by the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad (owner of the WC&P), which owned the locomotives and .