Fortuna station (SEPTA)
Fortuna  | |||||||||||||
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 Newly-constructed high level platform in 2017 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 101 Cowpath Road (PA 463) Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°15′08″N 75°16′32″W / 40.2523°N 75.2756°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA Suburban Bus: 132 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
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Fortuna station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located near the corner of North Broad Street and Cowpath Road (Route 463) in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Cowpath Road was originally an actual cow path. In FY 2013, Fortuna station had a weekday average of 60 boardings and 103 alightings.[2] As part of an out of court settlement with the owners of a cow killed by a Reading Railroad train at the crossing, the station was named Fortuna in honor of the deceased cow.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
- ^ Williams, Edgar (June 12, 1994). "A Mooving Story About Fortuna". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MC2. Retrieved October 25, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[edit]
Media related to Fortuna station at Wikimedia Commons- SEPTA – Fortuna station
- December 28, 2001 Bob Vogel photo (NYC Subways.org)
- Station from Cowpath Road from Google Maps Street View
