County Line station (Norristown High Speed Line)

Rapid transit station in Pennsylvania, US

This article is about the station on SEPTA Route Norristown High Speed Line. For the station on the former segment of the SEPTA Fox Chase Line, see County Line (SEPTA Regional Rail station).

County Line

General information
Location| County Line Road near Matsonford Road
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates| 40°03′00″N 75°20′51″W﻿ / ﻿40.0499°N 75.3474°W﻿ / 40.0499; -75.3474
Owned by| SEPTA
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Construction
Parking| No
History
Opened| c. 1930s
Electrified| Third rail
Services
| Preceding station  |  SEPTA | Following station

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Matsonford

toward Norristown T.C.

|  | Norristown High Speed Line |  | Radnor

toward 69th Street T.C.

Former services

| Preceding station  | Lehigh Valley Transit Company | Following station

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Matsonford

toward Allentown

|  | Liberty Bell High Speed Line

Until 1951

|  | Radnor

toward 69th Street

Pending services

| Preceding station  |  SEPTA Metro | Following station

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Matsonford

toward Norristown

|  |  |  | Radnor South

toward 69th Street

Location

County Line station is an interurban rapid transit station on the SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100). The station is located on County Line Road near Matsonford Road in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.[1] All trains stop at the County Line. Trains running south of this station cross under the Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) that carries the Paoli/Thorndale Line as well as Amtrak's Pennsylvanian and Keystone Service trains. The station lies 8.6 track miles (13.8 km) from 69th Street Terminal.

## History

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The station was built as an infill station in the 1930s[when?] along the Lehigh Valley Transit Company line. The community raised $1,300 for the station's construction.[2]

## Utilization

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Count Line station holds the distinction of being the station on the M Line with the least ridership. In 2021, it averaged 14 riders per day.[3] The land use around the station is almost entirely single family residential homes.

## References

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1. ^ "Township Map". Radnor Township. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
2. ^ Mocarski, Monica (March 1, 2006). "Tracking the history of Radnor's trolleys". Main Line Times & Suburban. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
3. ^ Aaron (April 26, 2021). "Norristown High Speed Line: Proudly Unconventional". Tram Review. Retrieved January 9, 2025.

## External links

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* SEPTA – County Line station
* County Line Road entrance from Google Maps Street View

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Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Neighborhoods|

* Bryn Mawr‡
* Garrett Hill
* Radnor (part)
* Rosemont
* Strafford (part)
* Villanova
* Wayne (CDP)
* Downtown Wayne Historic District
* North Wayne Historic District
* South Wayne Historic District

Education|

| K-12|

* Radnor Twp SD
* Radnor HS
* Archbishop John Carroll HS
* Agnes Irwin School
* Valley Forge Military Academy and College

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Tertiary|

* Eastern University
* Valley Forge Military Academy and College
* Villanova University
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Landmarks|

* Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1
* Bridge in Radnor Township No. 2
* Camp-Woods
* Chanticleer Garden
* Glenays
* Radnor Friends Meetinghouse
* St. David's Episcopal Church
* Wayne Hotel
* Woodcrest

SEPTA stations|

* Bryn Mawr (NHSL)
* County Line (NHSL)
* Garrett Hill
* Radnor (NSPL)
* Radnor (Regional Rail)
* Roberts Road (formerly Rosemont)
* St. Davids
* Villanova (NHSL)
* Villanova (Regional)
* Wayne

This list is incomplete.
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent township or townships.
Armenian Sisters Academy has a "Radnor, PA" postal address but is in Upper Merion Township

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SEPTA rapid transit stations

Market–Frankford Line|

* 69th Street T.C.
* Millbourne
* 63rd Street
* 60th Street
* 56th Street
* 52nd Street
* 46th Street
* 40th Street
* 34th Street
* Drexel Station at 30th Street
* 15th Street
* 13th Street
* 11th Street
* 8th Street
* 5th Street/​Independence Hall
* 2nd Street
* Spring Garden
* Girard
* Berks
* York–Dauphin
* Huntingdon
* Somerset
* Allegheny
* Tioga
* Erie–Torresdale
* Church
* Arrott T.C.
* Frankford T.C.

Broad Street Line|

* Fern Rock T.C.
* Olney T.C.
* Logan
* Wyoming
* Hunting Park
* Erie
* Allegheny
* North Philadelphia
* Susquehanna–Dauphin
* Cecil B. Moore
* Girard
* Fairmount
* Spring Garden
* Race–Vine
* City Hall
* Walnut–Locust
* Lombard–South
* Ellsworth–Federal
* Tasker–Morris
* Snyder
* Oregon
* NRG

| Broad–Ridge Spur|

* Spring Garden
* Chinatown
* 8th Street

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Norristown
High Speed Line|

* 69th Street T.C.
* Parkview
* Township Line Road
* Penfield
* Beechwood–Brookline
* Wynnewood Road
* Ardmore Junction
* Ardmore Avenue
* Haverford
* Bryn Mawr
* Roberts Road
* Garrett Hill
* Stadium–Ithan Avenue
* Villanova
* Radnor
* County Line
* Matsonford
* Gulph Mills
* Hughes Park
* DeKalb Street
* Bridgeport
* Norristown T.C.

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