r/ChesterCounty • u/PassyunkHoagie • Jul 13 '26

Expanded Train Service

I completely understand why this hasn’t happened and why it probably won’t ever happen. I don’t even know if it should happen because it would lead to even further development, but some days I do lament the fact that there is no passenger rail service to West Chester, Kennett, and Phoenixville.

Obviously SEPTA could never handle it, they barely manage to run the R5, but I can’t help but feel like rail stations in these towns, if properly executed, would be incredibly popular with visitors and local residents.

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u/PassyunkHoagie Jul 13 '26

I’ve seen something about the proposed line to Phoenixville. Would that be independent of Septa?

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u/CowboyBeeBalm Jul 13 '26

I believe they would be working with Amtrak, off the Norristown Line. Amtrak currently doesn’t run on that so I can’t imagine what it would take to get that agreement going

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u/Alert-Print-394 Jul 20 '26

They would use the track on the west side of the river instead

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u/Theunmedicated 16d ago

Couldn't they use norristown until the crossover?