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Slatington station

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Slatington
General information
Line(s)
History
Opened1856 (1856)
ClosedFebruary 4, 1961 (1961-02-04)
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Lehighton
toward Buffalo
Main Line Laurys
Lizard Creek Junction
toward Buffalo
Treichler

Slatington station was a Lehigh Valley Railroad station in Slatington, Pennsylvania, located on the Lehigh Valley main line. The station also served the Lehigh and New England Railroad; the Reading Company at one time had an adjacent station. The Central Railroad of New Jersey had an unconnected station across the Lehigh River in Walnutport, Pennsylvania.[1]

The Lehigh Valley opened its first station in Slatington in 1856.[a] A second, larger station building replaced it in 1863.[5] A third and final station, made of brick, opened circa 1877.[6]

Passenger service to Slatington ended on February 4, 1961, with the end of all passenger service on the Lehigh Valley.[7] The station was badly damaged by a Lehigh Valley derailment on February 1, 1969, and demolished shortly thereafter.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ A state historical marker gives 1862 as the date for the construction of a "freight and passenger station" in Slatington, but there were facilities in place no later than 1856.[2][3][4]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co. January 1904. p. 1153. OCLC 6340864.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Valley Railroad Station Historical Marker". Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Mathews & Hungerford 1884, p. 559
  4. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 18
  5. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 81
  6. ^ a b "Old Slatington Station Now Just a Memory". The Morning Call. February 7, 1969. p. 12. Retrieved August 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. ^ Archer 1977, p. 275

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