Locksley station (Pennsylvania)

LOCKSLEY

Railroad station

Locksley Station shelter, circa 2010. Pennsylvania Railroad style-signage can be seen adorning the shelter.

Location

Locksley Road
Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania.

Coordinates

39°55′50″N 75°30′21″W / 39.9306°N 75.5058°WCoordinates: 39°55′50″N 75°30′21″W / 39.9306°N 75.5058°W

Owned by

West Chester Railroad

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

shelter

History

Opened

1891

Closed

1986

Electrified

1928

Services

Preceding station		West Chester Railroad	Following station
Cheyney toward West Chester		West Chester Railroad	Glen Mills Terminus
	Former services
Preceding station		SEPTA	Following station
Cheyney (closed 1986) toward West Chester		West Chester Line R3 Elwyn/West Chester Pennsylvania Railroad	Glen Mills (closed 1986) toward Suburban Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cheyney toward West Chester		West Chester Branch	Glen Mills toward Suburban Station

Locksley station is a disused railroad station in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It previously served the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and later SEPTA Regional Rail's R3 West Chester Line. SEPTA closed the station in 1986. In 1997, this portion of the line was reopened by the West Chester Railroad heritage railway for weekend excursions; the company restored the Locksley station building, but trains do not stop there.

History

Pennsylvania Railroad established Locksley station on May 24, 1890, based on a petition from the residents of the locality. The name, according to a 1901 newspaper article, did not originate from the area, but was chosen by the superintendent of that division of the railroad from a volume of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

SEPTA later took over the station as part of the R3 West Chester Line. SEPTA discontinued regular passenger service in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton Station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Service was restored by the West Chester Railroad (WCRR) in 1997, a privately owned and operated heritage railway that operates between Glen Mills and West Chester on weekends. The Locksley station shelter has been restored; however, WCRR trains do not stop. A PRR historic manual block position-light signal stands near the station site. Remains of the Dyer Stone Quarry and Thorndale Mills are also visible from the station.

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