Newtown Station

The current Newtown Station is the final terminus of the line. As said before, the line was to continue to the north, but these plans fell through, and a station was built at the turn of the 20th Century. The actual station itself existed until 1960, when it was torn down.

In 1976, a small shelter was moved from the Fairless Junction Station (on the nearby West Trenton/Newark Line) to Newtown Station. The shelter stayed there even past the termination of service until 2004, when it was torn down.

Today, the station site is used to house equipment for private construction companies, though the tracks and part of the WYE still remain.

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Artist's drawing of Newtown Station

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Map of Newtown Station and the surrounding area.

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Newtown Station as of 1906.

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This photo was taken in 1900 and shows camelback #149 on the west leg of the WYE getting ready for a trip to Philadelphia. Camelbacks were steam engines with a cab in between the water tank and the boiler.

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Reading locomotive #479 in 1900. It originally was named “Langhorne” in 1875 for the North Penn Railroad. When the Reading Company took over in 1879 it was renamed #479.

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Undated photo showing a train laying over at Newtown Station.

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Reading Railroad camelback #560 in storage at Newtown Station, circa 1940.

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Reading Railroad camelback #561 leaving Newtown Station enroute to Philadelphia, circa 1941.

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Reading Camelback at Newtown Station in 1945.

Reading Camelback at Newtown Station in 1945.

Reading Camelback at Newtown Station in 1948.

Reading Camelback at Newtown Station in 1948.

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Reading Railroad ALCO RS-3 #469 leaving Newtown for Philadelphia in 1954.

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A now derelict Newtown Station in 1976, shortly before being torn down.