Middletown
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Amtrak inter-city rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Union and Mill Streets Middletown, Pennsylvania United States |
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Coordinates | 40°11′33.5″N 76°43′52″W / 40.192639°N 76.73111°WCoordinates: 40°11′33.5″N 76°43′52″W / 40.192639°N 76.73111°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Amtrak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Keystone Corridor (Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | CAT: 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | MID | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2018 (planned) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (FY 2016) | 68,005 0.7% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Middletown is an Amtrak train station on the Keystone Corridor in Middletown, Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The station is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service between New York City and Harrisburg. The current station was built in 1990, but a planned relocation of the station is expected to be completed in 2018.
The Middletown station is located on Mill Street, off of Pennsylvania Route 441 (South Union Street). In addition to being used by residents of Middletown, the station is also popular with commuters heading to Harrisburg and Philadelphia who utilize its free parking. It sees twenty-three arrivals by the Keystone Service on weekdays, thirteen from both Harrisburg and New York Penn Station, and seven from each on weekends. The station is 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Harrisburg, 94 miles (151 km) west of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, and 185 miles (298 km) from New York. In fiscal year 2016, the station saw a ridership of 68,005 passengers, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the previous year.
The station consists of only a platform and a shelter. As the Middletown station is unstaffed, all tickets from the station need to be pre-paid, or purchased from a conductor on board the train.Capital Area Transit's Route 7 transit bus passes near the station on Union Street between Middletown, Harrisburg International Airport, and downtown Harrisburg.