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Schuylkill River Passenger Rail

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buying the trains and paying Norfolk Southern to use the line, with an annual operating cost of $ 20 million. The PennDOT study projected a higher cost of around $ 800 million. Inclusion of this expansion in the State Rail Plan was important for the initiative to receive federal funding from the Federal Rail Authority. Amtrak has subsequently included this project in its plans, which in turn is also helpful for discussions with Norfolk Southern and the FRA.
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was sufficient ridership to make the service economically viable. The proposed extension would utilize existing Norfolk Southern freight railroad tracks. Some improvements may be required, but most of the line could handle passenger rail service at a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h). Before service can be implemented, a study would need to take place.
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Planners intended to operate trains at 15-minute intervals during peak travel times, Mondays to Fridays, and at 30-minute intervals at all other times. Norfolk Southern Railway trains would have been able to use most of the system at all hours, but would have been restricted to overnight movements at
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express bus route between Franklin Street in Reading and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, with an intermediate stop at Pottstown, to test if there is enough ridership for rail service. The service will be operated by a private bus company and will run for two years. On June 6, 2022, the Amtrak
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began a study to restore SEPTA passenger rail service between Norristown and Phoenixville along Norfolk Southern freight railroad tracks. In 2018, The Berks Alliance commissioned a study on the restoration of Passenger Rail service between Reading and Philadelphia. This study indicated that there
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inspired by the work in Phoenixville and Reading created its own plan about the feasibility of extending passenger train service from Norristown to Reading along the Norfolk Southern freight line. The Berks Alliance report projected that proposed extension would cost $ 365 million, which includes
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The City of Philadelphia and suburban counties began providing public funds under contract with the PRR and Reading Company for continuation and improvement of regional rail service. Because the Reading's Norristown line was considered the stronger of the two, PRR service was cut back to
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jointly appeared at a DVRPC open forum on September 13, 2011 where DVRPC Executive Director Barry Seymour was presenting. On October 5, 2011, under increasing pressure and opposition, DVRPC cancelled the tolling proposal and plans for the Norristown Extension.
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announced that funding for the SVM project would not be forthcoming and that it should be considered dead. In December 2007, Montgomery County authorized an unsuccessful study that looked at possible new funding sources. Congressman
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ceased funding for the diesel section in 1981, two years prior to taking direct control of Philadelphia's commuter rail routes from Conrail. In 1986 service on the former PRR line was cut back from Ivy Ridge to
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assumed operations of both lines in April 1976, resulting in all freight activity shifting to the former Reading Main Line. Commuter service on the former PRR line was extended from Manayunk to
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counties formed the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority for the purpose of furthering the project. The authority's first meeting was held in July 2022. The Rail Authority applied to the
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included the route in its 2035 expansion vision. In 2022 county governments formed the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority to further the development of the project. In 2023 the
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in order to serve a new park-and-ride lot. Service to Reading used electric multiple-unit cars between Philadelphia's
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and Norristown, and diesel-electric "push-pull" cars from Norristown to Reading. This operation continued until
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Thruway bus connecting Philadelphia to Reading via Pottstown began service. The service, which is operated by
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between Philadelphia and New York City. Station stops will be located in Reading, Pottstown, Phoenixville,
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the portion of its line between Philadelphia and Norristown. The Reading Company did the same in 1933.
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announced in April 2011 that the results from that Montgomery County study would be soon published.
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The SVM would use both sides of the former SEPTA R6 lines; the former PRR Schuylkill Branch between
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Rail service between Reading and Philadelphia along the Norfolk Southern line is included in
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Unlike the RDG trains, the new SVM would be entirely electric, with power being supplied by
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built the first rail line between Philadelphia and Reading in the 1830s. This became the
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some locations after SVM ceased operations at night between Midnight and 6 a.m.
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between Pottstown and King of Prussia. The tolling idea, suggested by the
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Passenger trains previously ran on this route from 1838 to 1981, when
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discontinued service past Norristown on what is now known as the
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Interest around the route has grown in the 2020s. In 2021
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After the Schuylkill Valley Metro plan was rejected by
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along a parallel route in the 1880s. In 1930, the PRR
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Index

Schuylkill Valley Metro
passenger train
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Reading, Pennsylvania
Norristown
King of Prussia
Phoenixville
Pottstown
SEPTA
Manayunk/Norristown Line
Amtrak
Federal Railroad Administration
Corridor Identification and Development Program
Pottsville line
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Main Line
Reading Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuylkill Branch
electrified
Manayunk
Conrail
Ivy Ridge station
Reading Terminal
SEPTA
Cynwyd station
Lower Merion Township
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

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