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Norristown High Speed Line

Norristown High Speed Line
Norristown High Speed Line (logo).svg
SEPTA N-5.jpg
SEPTA N-5 car #144 of the Norristown High Speed Line, Route 100, as it enters the Gulph Mills Station in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania.
Overview
Type Interurban/Light rapid transit
System SEPTA Suburban Division
Status Operational
Locale Delaware and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania
Termini 69th Street Transportation Center (south)
Norristown Transportation Center (north)
Stations 22
Services
  • Local
  • Norristown Express
  • Hughes Park Express
  • Norristown Limited
Daily ridership 10,050 (average weekday FY 2014)
Ridership 2,419,500 (FY 2013)
Website www.septa.org/service/highspeed/
Operation
Opened 1907
Operator(s) SEPTA
Character Surface (grade separated)
Rolling stock 26 ASEA (Asea Brown Boveri) Type N-5 MU
Technical
Line length 13.4 mi (21.6 km)
Number of tracks 1–3
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification Third rail
Operating speed 70 mph (110 km/h)
Route number 100 (former)
Route map