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The original station was located across the track where the Glen Mills Store now stands. In 1880, the railroad became the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch. The current station was built in 1882, and is believed to have been designed by Frank Furness. [4] [5] It later became a part of SEPTA's West Chester line.
The frame building erected in place of the older station was closed and razed. [5] In 1997, the West Chester Railroad (WCRR) constructed a new station for its heritage line running to Glen Mills. Except for the concrete platform, nothing remains of the former station; however, the foundation outline from the former building is visible.
A West Chester Railroad train at Glen Mills Station. The area around Glen Mills was part of the original land grant given to William Penn in 1681. George Cheyney was the first settler here, for which the nearby town of Cheyney is named. Later, this land was sold and divided. The name Glen Mills is taken from two paper mills built by the Willcox ...
No. 1 - Number 1 is a Plymouth 20-ton switcher that operated at the Glen Mills quarry. It was gasoline powered but was converted to diesel. Repainted to West Chester Railroad yellow it was put on display at the Market Street Station. [4] No. 3 - Built as Chesapeake & Ohio #5026 it later served as number 9115 for B&O, Luntz Iron & Steel and Rohm ...
As of 2022, SEPTA operates commuter rail operations on the line between Philadelphia and Wawa, while the West Chester Railroad operates a scenic excursion train on weekends between West Chester and Glen Mills. Occasional nocturnal freight service occurs via Amtrak to obtain track ballast from a quarry in Glen Mills.
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In July 2022, SEPTA began restoration of track between the former Darlington and Glen Mills stations, in anticipation of future freight rail service to the nearby quarry and the possibility of the West Chester Railroad running future excursions past Glen Mills Station. Wawa station opened for service on August 21, 2022. [29]
Wawa station is a commuter rail station on the SEPTA Regional Rail Media/Wawa Line, located adjacent to U.S. Route 1 in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.The original station was built by the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad and later served the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester Branch, which finally became SEPTA's R3 line (later renamed to the "Media/Elwyn Line").