Levittown station

Levittown station (formerly Levittown–Tullytown) is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Tullytown, Pennsylvania served by the Trenton Line. It opened in 1953 and was rebuilt in 2015–2019. The station has two side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.

Levittown
Levittown station viewed from the outbound platform in 2019
General information
Location	8301 Bristol Pike Tullytown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°08′25″N 74°49′02″W / 40.1402°N 74.8172°W / 40.1402; -74.8172
Owned by	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 127^[1]
Construction
Parking	452 spaces^[2]
Bicycle facilities	8 rack spaces^[2]
Accessible	Yes^[1]
Other information
Fare zone	4^[1]
History
Opened	April 26, 1953 (April 26, 1953)^[3]^[4]
Rebuilt	2015–2019
Passengers
2017	548 boardings (weekday average)^[5]
Rank	43 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Bristol toward Temple University Trenton Line Trenton Terminus
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Edgely toward Suburban Station Trenton Line Morrisville toward Trenton

History

 

The former southbound low-level platform with former R7 signage in 2012

The Pennsylvania Railroad's Tullytown was located between Cheston and Brown Streets, northeast of the modern station site.^[6] On April 26, 1953, the railroad replaced it with Levittown–Tullytown to serve the then-new namesake community.^[4]

The Pennsylvania Railroad folded into Penn Central in 1968. Amtrak took over intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971; Amtrak trains continued to stop at the station for a brief period.^[7] Penn Central continued to operate local and commuter service, which passed to Conrail in 1976 then finally to SEPTA Regional Rail in 1983 as the Trenton Line. SEPTA later reduced the station name to simply Levittown.

The station underwent a $37.3 million reconstruction project which includes fully accessible high-level platforms, a pedestrian overpass, and parking improvements.^[8][9][10] The new platforms and overpass and a new parking lot opened on October 15, 2018; the old underpass and north parking lots were closed for the remaining construction period.^[11] The station's reconstruction was completed and rededicated in October 2019.^[10]

References

1. "Trenton Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
2. "Levittown Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
3. "Levittown New Train Schedule Effective April 27". The Bristol Daily Courier. No. The Bristol Daily Courier. April 15, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
4. Baer, Christopher T. "PRR Chronology: 1953" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.
5. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
6. "Tullytown, Pennsylvania". T.M. Fowler. 1887 – via Ward Maps.
7. National Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. May 1, 1971. p. 11 – via Museum of Railway Timetables.
8. "Levittown Station (Trenton Regional Rail Line): Station & Loop Improvements". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
9. Sofield, Tom (June 1, 2016). "Renderings Show New Views Of Under Construction Train Station". Levittown Now. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
10. Sofield, Tom (October 3, 2019). "New Levittown SEPTA Station Makes 'Transformational Change'". LevittownNow.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
11. "SEPTA TRAIN STATION UPDATE 10-15-18". Tullytown Borough. October 15, 2018.

External links

  Media related to Levittown station at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Levittown station
• Station from Google Maps Street View