Valley Forge station

Valley Forge
Former SEPTA regional rail station
Valley Forge Train Station
Coordinates	40°06′07″N 75°27′36″W / 40.102°N 75.4601°W
Construction
Disabled access	no
History
Opened	1911
Closed	1981
Electrified	no
Services
Former services   Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Norristown toward Reading Terminal Pottsville Line Phoenixville Closed 1981 toward Pottsville Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Port Kennedy toward Norristown Main Line Phoenixville toward Pottsville

Valley Forge station is a former railroad station at the Valley Forge park in Pennsylvania. The station was completed in 1911 by the Reading Railroad and was the point of entry to the park for travelers who came by rail through the 1950s from Philadelphia, 23.7 miles (38.1 km) distant.^[1] The station building was restored in 2009 and is now being used as a museum and information center that offers visitors a better understanding of Washington's headquarters and the village of Valley Forge.^[2] Constructed of the same type stone as Washington's Headquarters, the building was erected on a large man-made embankment overlooking the headquarters site.

Near the Visitor Center is another station at Port Kennedy, on the same line. Also owned by the park, the station, both platforms and the former parking area are in a state of disrepair.^[3] Should the long-planned Schuylkill Valley Metro project come to fruition, this station could again connect the park to center city Philadelphia, Pottstown, and Reading with public transportation.

References

1. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February, 1956.
2. Petersen, Nancy (January 3, 2007). "A new view of Valley Forge". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
3. Train Station