Existing Stations In Lancaster County, PA

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City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes
Adamstown Adamstown & Gouglersville PA 272 & Main Street C Business 1877 Gone Brick None Now a mill. RR Connected with RDG at Gouglersville.
Baumgardner PRR Frogtown & Baumgardner Roads C Business 1880 Gone Wood None Lumber Yard
Bird-In-Hand PRR Main St. at overpass F Business 1871 In Use Brick Amtrak/NS Potato storage co.
Bruckharts
(Silver Spring)
??? 3540 Marietta Ave, Lancaster. C Business 1879 Gone Brick None Grapevine Antiques
Christiana PRR Green St. & W. Slokum P Business 1900 In Use Stucco Amtrak See Notes
Christiana PRR Green St. & W. Slokum C Civic 1882 In Use Brick Amtrak
Columbia PRR Walnut & Front P Business ???? In Use Stone NS Part of R&S
Mfg. facility
Columbia Reading & Columbia Bank Ave. near Union St. F Vacant ???? Gone Brick None Restored in 2001, see photo of station before restoration.
Columbia C&R (RDG) Near 9th & Blunston (915 Lancaster Ave., behind bank) F Business ???? Gone Brick None Columbia Organ Works
Cordela (Ironville) RDG Ironville Pike at ski shop. C Storage 1921 Gone Stone None
Dorsey Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Half mile east of Peach Bottom C Vacant 1870 Gone Wood None
E. Strasburg
(E. Petersburg)
RDG PA741 & PA897 C Museum 1900 In Use Wood Strasburg RR See Notes
Elizabethtown PRR Wilson Ave. off West High P Railroad 1915 In Use Brick NS/Amtrak
Ephrata Reading & Columbia Main St. P Civic ???? Gone Wood None Visitors Center?
Fulton Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Off U.S. 222 in village. C Civic 1870 Gone Wood None Owned by the Solanco Hist. Soc.
Gap PRR Pequea & Resevoir Ave. F Vacant 1850 In Use Brick NS See Notes
Goshen Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Goshen Rd. & Pilgrims Path Rd. (off PA 272) P Residence 1906 Gone Wood None
Lancaster PRR McGovern &
N. Queen St.
P Railroad 1928 In Use Brick NS/Amtrak
Landisville PRR Snavely lumber yard on Main St. at railroad crossing. P Vacant 1930 In Use Wood NS
Leaman Place
(Paradise)
PRR Stock Lumber
where RT. 30 crosses the railroad (in Paradise).
F Office 1880 In Use Brick NS
Leola PRR Horseshoe Rd. & Maple Ave. at Stauffers C Business 1900 In Use Wood NS
Limerock RDG Limerock Rd. off PA772 C Residence 1900 In Use Wood NS
Lititz Replica
(RDG)
Lititz Springs Park R Civic 1999 In Use Brick NS Original station
demolished 1957.
Lititz RDG Water St. F Vacant ???? In Use Brick NS
Manheim RDG 210 South Charlotte St. C Muesum ???? In Use Wood NS
Marietta PRR Front & Perry Streets F ???? 1860 In Use Brick NS See Notes
Millway Reading & Columbia (RDG) ???? P ???? ???? ???? Brick ???? Mill was agent for railroad.
Narvon PRR Narvon Rd. across from quarry entrance. C Garage 1880 Gone Wood None
Pew Providence RDG Main St. near Pennsy Road. C Residence ???? Gone Wood None  
Refton PRR Across from Feed Mill  C Storage ???? Gone Wood None On Quarryville track (aband. 1972)
Reinholds RDG PA897 at tracks P ???? ???? In Use Wood Lancaster & Northern
Salunga PRR Church St. & Stoney Battery C Offices ???? Gone Brick None See notes.
Silver Spring
(Bruckhart's Sta.)
???? 3540 Marietta Ave., Lancaster C Business ???? Gone Brick None Grapevine Antiques
West Willow RDG 730  Millwood Rd C Church 1875 ???? Wood ????
White Rock Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Along creek near covered bridge. C Residence ???? Gone Wood None

Notes. . .

Christiana Passenger - This is an interesting one-story structure built of brick, stucco and "half-timber" style, with a low hipped roof. Philadelphia and Columbia RR stone blocks are found in curious places throughout the town.

Christiana Combo -  Restored by the Lancaster chapter of the NRHS. Originally used for freight and passengers, later just for freight.

Cordela - Only remaining flagstop in Lancaster Co. Rebuilt on earlier foundation. Roof sheathing is old wood walls including the station sign.

East Strasburg - At the RR Museum of Pennsylvania. This station was moved to Strasburg from East Petersburg, Lancaster Co. It was formerly on the Reading and Columbia branch of the Reading RR.

Gap - This is a freight station. The passenger station was located about 100 feet to the east (track direction). It is in very poor condition (a tree is growing through part of the roof!). It is in the style of the other very early brick railroad buildings on this line and may be a leftover of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad era.

Landisville - Station is built on foundation of old tower that controlled crossing of Reading. There is office in the station for the tower operator.

Lititz - The replica of the Lititz passenger station was built in the exact spot the original station stood. It is along the tracks and in the park (the tracks boarder the one side of the park). NS runs a train from Lancaster to Lititz 3 times/week. In Lititz the railroad services Warner Lambert, Wilbur Chocolate (across the tracks from the passenger station) and the grain unloading at the old freight station. The tracks end on the east side of town about 1/4 mile past the freight station. At one time the tracks continued onto Ephrata, Denver, and Reading. The line was known as the Reading and Columbia branch on the Reading Railroad. Today the tracks no longer exist between Lititz and Ephrata. From Ephrata east, the line is operated by the Lancaster and Northern RR. -- Jeff Smith

Marietta - The Railroad House B&B across the street also served as station for a brief time.

Salunga PRR - This building was in fact the Salunga PRR station. When the tracks were realigned in the mainline improvement project in the 1890's, the building was sold to the Conestoga Traction company and used as a rotary station. The obvious evidence is the sturdiness of the structure and the presence of platforms and the street is named Railroad Ave. It is also shown in Bridgens Atlas (1889) as PRR. (Lancaster County Historical Society). It is also reported as an existing building when bought by the Conestoga Traction Company in 1898 ( CTC.Annual Report 1900). - Kevin Landis

Lancaster County Stations Of The Past

Station Railroad Notes
Bainbridge PRR  
Denver RDG  
East Petersburg ???  
Elizabethtown PRR This station predates the 1915 station that is still standing.
Florin PRR This town sat between Mt. Joy and Rheems on the PRR main.
Gap PRR Passenger station.
Glen Moore PRR  
Gordonville PRR  
Holtwood PRR  
Kinzer PRR  
Lititz P&R  
Peach Bottom PRR Peach Bottom York County and Peach Bottom Lancaster County were across the Susquehanna River from each other, but the PRR was on the Lancaster County side of the river. The Maryland & Pennsylvania RR (and it's predecessors) served
Peach Bottom in York County. Peach Bottom in York County is now under water due to a dam being built downstream from it.
Mt. Joy PRR Sat at Delta & Henry Streets. Was torn down in the early 1990s
Peach Bottom PRR  

1895 Lancaster County Railroad Map