Link Belt station

40°16′26″N 75°14′49″W / 40.274°N 75.247°W / 40.274; -75.247Owned bySEPTAPlatforms1 side platformTracks1 (and one storage track)ConstructionParkingNoneAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone4HistoryOpenedDecember 2, 1952^[1]ElectrifiedYesPassengers201723 boardings, 20 alightings (weekday average)Rank146 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Colmar toward 30th Street Station		Lansdale/Doylestown Line		Chalfont toward Doylestown

Link Belt station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. It is located at County Line Road & Walnut Street in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Montgomery County side of County Line Road, north of Pennsylvania Route 309, and sits next to the popular "Whistle Stop Park." In FY 2017, Link Belt station had a weekday average of 23 boardings and 20 alightings, making it the least used station in the SEPTA Regional Rail system.^[2]

The Link Belt station was created by the Reading Railroad to service the Link-Belt Company plant built across West Walnut Street from the rail line in 1952, opening formally on December 2.^[1] Link-Belt stopped operations in Colmar in 1983 and the former plant is now the headquarters of Dorman Products.

On December 18, 2011, weekend service was discontinued at this station due to low ridership.

References

^ ^a ^b "Link Belt Opens New Philadelphia Plant". The Wilkes-Barre Record. December 2, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved April 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 28. Retrieved 14 September 2023.