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Churchville is an abandoned train station located on Knowles Avenue and Bustleton Pike in Churchville, Pennsylvania. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. It later became a part of SEPTA's R8 Newtown Line. The station, and all of those north of Fox Chase, was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Churchville station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. The building has been restored and is now used as a private residence. The former station retains its SEPTA Regional Rail signs that were in use when the station was closed in 1983.

Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. In addition, the shuttle did not drop off passengers at the Fox Chase Station site directly, nor did it attempt to make tight connections with departing an and arriving R8 trains. The reality was that the traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, a point pro-rail advocates continue to push.

Popular culture

Independent filmmaker Tom Quinn used the Churchville train station in his film Lusting For Dust Words.

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 '''Churchville''' is an abandoned train station located on Knowles Avenue and Bustleton Pike in [[Churchville, Pennsylvania|Churchville]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The station, built in 1892, was a stop on the [[Reading Railroad]]'s Newtown Line.  It later became a part of [[SEPTA]]'s [[R8 (SEPTA)#R8 Fox Chase|R8 Newtown Line]]. The station, and all of those north of [[Fox Chase (SEPTA station)|Fox Chase]], was closed in February 1983, due to SEPTA’s desire for all-electric rail operations (electrification ends at the Fox Chase station). Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was "temporarily suspended" at that time, and the Churchville station still appears in publicly posted tariffs. The building has been restored and is now used as a private residence. The former station retains its SEPTA Regional Rail signs that were in use when the station was closed in 1983.
+Though rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light. The replacement bus service was far slower and less convenient than the train service it replaced, resulting in the shuttle bus being very unpopular. In addition, the shuttle did not drop off passengers at the Fox Chase Station site directly, nor did it attempt to make tight connections with departing an and arriving R8 trains. The reality was that the traveling public never saw a bus service as a suitable replacement for a rail service, a point pro-rail advocates continue to push.
+==Popular culture==
 Independent filmmaker [[Tom Quinn]] used the Churchville train station in his film ''[[Lusting For Dust Words]]''.