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New Hope Branch

Warminster Line
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Northbound Warminster Line train leaving the Melrose Park station in Cheltenham
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System SEPTA Regional Rail
Status Operating
Termini University City
Warminster
Stations 17
Daily ridership 8,434
Website septa.org
Operation
Operator(s) SEPTA Regional Rail
Rolling stock Electric Multiple Units
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification Catenary
Route map
University City
30th Street Station Amtrak New Jersey Transit
Suburban Station
Jefferson Station
Reading Terminal
Spring Garden Street
Temple University
Manayunk/Norristown Line
to Elm Street
Wayne Junction
Chestnut Hill East Line
to Chestnut Hill East
Fox Chase Line
to Fox Chase
Fern Rock
Transportation Center
Melrose Park
Elkins Park
Jenkintown-Wyncote
West Trenton Line
to West Trenton
Glenside
Lansdale/Doylestown Line
to Doylestown
Ardsley
Roslyn
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Willow Grove
NS Trenton Cutoff
Fulmor
Hatboro
Warminster
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
to New Hope

The Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and Center City, Philadelphia. Half of the route is shared by other lines, including the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, West Trenton Line, Fox Chase Line, Chestnut Hill East Line, and Manayunk/Norristown Line.

The Warminster Line uses the SEPTA Main Line between Center City and Glenside, where it branches off onto its own line to Hatboro and Warminster. The tracks continue past Warminster to Ivyland and eventually to New Hope, where the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad runs heritage excursion trains.

The Warminster Line becomes a single-track line just north of Ardsley, but was once double-tracked as far north as Roslyn, the original northbound track being removed in 2010. A passing siding exists north of Willow Grove.

The North Pennsylvania Railroad formed the North East Pennsylvania Railroad in 1870 to construct a branch from its line at Abington (as Glenside was then known) to Hatboro. The line opened on December 18, 1872. The line was further extended to Hartsville on November 9, 1874. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, forerunner of the Reading Company, leased the parent North Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879, gaining control of the line. It extended the line to its final terminus at New Hope on April 29, 1891. The Reading electrified the line, which it called the New Hope Branch, as far as Hatboro on July 26, 1931.


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