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Lenni (SEPTA station)

SEPTA.svg Lenni
Former Lenni station in 2017.jpg
Former Lenni station site, March 2017.
Location Station Lane and Lenni Road
Middletown Township, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates 39°53′39″N 75°26′55″W / 39.8942°N 75.4486°W / 39.8942; -75.4486Coordinates: 39°53′39″N 75°26′55″W / 39.8942°N 75.4486°W / 39.8942; -75.4486
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) West Chester Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
History
Closed 1986
Electrified 1928
Services
No services
  Former services  
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
(closed 1986)
toward West Chester
West Chester Line
(closed 1986)
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward West Chester
West Chester Branch
Chester Creek Branch

Lenni station was a commuter rail station on the SEPTA Regional Rail R3 West Chester Line, located in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The station and several others were closed in September 1986, and subsequently demolished.

Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Lenni station stood on the corner of Station Lane and Lenni Road. It served as a stop on the West Chester Branch. It later became a part of SEPTA's R3 West Chester line.

The PRR's former Chester Creek Branch terminated at Lenni. The line sustained heavy flash flood damage in September 1971 (not due to the later Hurricane Agnes as is sometimes claimed), and was taken out of service at that time. The railway was never officially abandoned, and has since been deeded to SEPTA via PennDOT.

The station, and all of those west of Elwyn station, was closed in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Service was suspended that time, with substitute bus service provided. Lenni station still appears in publicly posted .

The station shed itself was demolished in 1990s; the asphalt platform, station signage and maps survive. Re-extension of SEPTA service to Wawa station would pass by the location without stopping. However, the nearby train shed will indeed be restored into functional use.

Since passenger service ended in 1986, vandals began stealing the copper catenary wire. As Lenni is currently used by SEPTA to train new railroad division engineers, and a live SEPTA substation exists nearby with transmission lines connecting to Amtrak's Lamokin converter station, the line remains electrified as far west as Lenni. Wire was removed for the remainder of the line out to West Chester over the summer of 2005 to prevent further theft.


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