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34-617: The Warminster Line uses the SEPTA Main Line between Center City and Glenside station , where it branches off onto the Warminster Branch to Hatboro and Warminster . The tracks continue past Warminster to Ivyland and eventually to New Hope , where the New Hope Railroad runs heritage excursion trains. The Warminster Line becomes a single-track line just north of Ardsley , but was once double-tracked as far north as Roslyn ,

68-480: A beer garden, and local events like scavenger hunts or food drives. Every September Lansdale is home to Bike Night, where thousands of motorcyclists gather. The Rock Den was a music store that hosted weekly open mic nights and shows. It was located in the former Stuart’s music building that has been home to a music store since the 1940s. Another popular local venue was the Underground at Round Guys. In 2022,

102-650: A branch; this is now the Manayunk/Norristown Line. The PG&N south of Wayne Junction, the Ninth Street Branch , is now part of the Main Line. The North Pennsylvania Railroad (North Penn) opened south of Gwynedd (north of Glenside) on July 2, 1855, and the continuation to Lansdale (including the branch to Doylestown , now the Lansdale/Doylestown Line ) opened October 7. The short part of

136-528: A documentary "Lansdale, Then, Now and Forever" was released about the local music scene. Directed by Jason Zoblin. Classic Game Junkie opened an arcade in 2022. As of 2010 there were 46.25 miles (74.43 km) of public roads in Lansdale, of which 3.29 miles (5.29 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 42.96 miles (69.14 km) were maintained by

170-609: Is North Penn High School in Towamencin Township . The borough is also home to Mater Dei Catholic School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia . It was formerly home to St. Stanislaus School. In January 2012, the archdiocese announced that St. Rose of Lima School in North Wales would be merging with St. Stanislaus, with students attending classes in Lansdale at St. Stanislaus. The newly combined school

204-526: Is 26.25 miles (42.25 km) long, and serves all 13 SEPTA Regional Rail lines. Service on the Main Line segment between Glenside and Center City Philadelphia is given a special combined public timetable known as the Glenside Combined , allowing riders to see the schedules of all trains on the Main Line without having to look at multiple schedules. This is a partial legacy of SEPTA's former diametrical reorganization route number designations, which had

238-782: Is also sometimes used on the SEPTA Regional Rail system to refer to the Paoli/Thorndale Line , which runs along the original main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad , which is now Amtrak 's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line . Lansdale Lansdale is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania , United States. It is a densely-populated commuter town , with many residents traveling daily to Philadelphia using SEPTA Regional Rail 's Lansdale/Doylestown Line . In

272-527: Is located to the west of the borough in Towamencin Township and connects to PA 63. Lansdale is served by SEPTA Regional Rail 's Lansdale/Doylestown Line via Lansdale station in downtown, the Pennbrook station in the southern part of the borough, and the 9th Street station in the northern part of the borough, with service to Center City Philadelphia and Doylestown along with intermediate points. Three SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes serve Lansdale:

306-510: Is provided by PECO Energy Company. The North Penn Water Authority provides water to Lansdale and some surrounding areas. Sewer service in Lansdale is provided by the borough, which operates a wastewater treatment facility. Trash and recycling collection in Lansdale is provided by contracts with private haulers, although the borough has plans for a single hauler serving all residents. Jefferson Health–Abington operates Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, which serves Lansdale and surrounding areas in

340-600: The National Register of Historic Places . Lansdale is home to a Kugel ball , which is a 2,200 lb (1,000 kg) dark grey granite sphere supported by a very thin film of water pumped from beneath its base. The Kugel Ball is located in Railroad Plaza, adjacent to the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line train station in downtown Lansdale. The plaza consists of a bricked patio with benches centered on

374-631: The R1 Glenside designation for trains that terminated at the station, paired with the Airport Line . A contributing factor to the elimination of the R-number naming system came in the fact that few trains actually terminated there, instead continuing on to stations farther out. As of 2024 , northbound trains on the Main Line that do not terminate at Glenside continue as Lansdale/Doylestown Line , Warminster Line , or West Trenton Line trains. The Main Line

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408-800: The Route 94 connects the southern part of Lansdale with the Montgomery Mall and Chestnut Hill , the Route 96 connects Lansdale with the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown , and the Route 132 connects the borough with the Montgomery Mall and Telford . Lansdale is the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad , a short-line freight railroad . The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad operates

442-629: The U.S. Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km ), all land. It has a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Dfa ) and the hardiness zone is 7a. The average monthly temperature ranges from 30.2 °F in January to 74.7 °F in July. The average annual absolute minimum temperature is -0.4 °F. As of the 2010 census, the borough was 75.9% White, 5.9% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 13.3% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 2.7% were two or more races. 4.4% of

476-598: The Jenkins family. At the peak of its growth, the Jenkins homestead occupied approximately 120 acres of land. The construction of the North Pennsylvania Railroad (later absorbed into the Reading Railroad) during the 1850s contributed to rapid growth and expansion in Lansdale. Employment opportunities generated by the railroad brought settlers, housing, and local businesses to the area. By 1872, Lansdale Borough

510-586: The Kugel Ball and closes at 11:00 pm. An annual 5k race is held in June, accordingly named the Kugel Ball race, which starts and ends at the actual Kugel Ball in Railroad Plaza. The Lansdale Borough Hometown Heroes Banner Program is a living tribute created for the community to recognize and honor Lansdale Veterans who are serving or are veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces. According to

544-594: The Lansdale Yard in the borough and provides freight rail service out of Lansdale to several points in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia on SEPTA-owned lines. The railroad interchanges with CSX Transportation in Lansdale. Lansdale Electric, owned by the borough, provides electricity to most of Lansdale, with portions of the borough receiving electricity from PECO Energy Company , a subsidiary of Exelon . The borough's electric department purchases its electricity from American Municipal Power. Natural gas in Lansdale

578-661: The Main Line from Wayne Junction northeast to north of Newtown Junction was built as a connection to the PG&;N at Wayne Junction. On December 1, 1870, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway (later the Reading Company ) leased the PG&N. The North Penn was leased May 1, 1879, placing the future "Reading side" of the SEPTA Main Line under Reading control. Electrification to Glenside, Hatboro, Lansdale, Doylestown and West Trenton

612-632: The North Penn Valley. Jefferson Lansdale Hospital has 140 beds and over 700 employees, including over 300 physicians. Services offered at the hospital include an emergency room , Orthopedic and Spine Institute, Pain Center, Sleep Center, and Wound Care Center. The hospital, which was previously known as North Penn Hospital and later as Central Montgomery Medical Center, was acquired by Abington Memorial Hospital from Universal Health Services in October 2008, with

646-594: The Reading's final bankruptcy in 1976 Conrail took over the operation of the trains and ownership of the branch. The Warminster Branch was conveyed to SEPTA in 1979; SEPTA took over operation of the trains in 1983. A train crash occurred on July 1, 2006, in Abington Township injuring 38 passengers and 6 crew members. Beginning in 1984 the route was designated R2 Warminster as part of SEPTA's diametrical reorganization of its lines. Warminster Line trains operated through

680-589: The Warminster Line, the first Regional Rail line to use the signal system which will enhance safety. In a 1991 report, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission ranked the line between Warminster and New Hope as having "medium potential" for reuse based on projected growth in population and employment in the region. It noted that SEPTA considered the line a "long range transit opportunity corridor." The Warminster Line includes

714-546: The borough. The main east–west street in Lansdale is Main Street ( Pennsylvania Route 63 ), which runs northwest–southeast. The main north–south street is Broad Street, which runs southwest–northeast. Pennsylvania Route 363 begins at PA 63 on the western edge of Lansdale and heads southwest on Valley Forge Road. The Lansdale interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension ( Interstate 476 )

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748-479: The city center to the Wilmington/Newark Line (then Marcus Hook) on the ex-Pennsylvania side of the system. The R-number naming system was dropped on July 25, 2010. As of 2024 the majority of Warminster trains continue on to the Airport Line , though some weekday trains terminate at 30th Street Station , Thorndale , or Trenton Transit Center . On April 18, 2016, SEPTA launched positive train control on

782-846: The following stations north of the Center City Commuter Connection ; stations indicated with gray background area closed. Between FY 2013–FY 2019 yearly ridership on the Warminster Line ranged between 2.3 and 2.7 million before collapsing during the COVID-19 pandemic . SEPTA Main Line The SEPTA Main Line is the section of the SEPTA Regional Rail system from the Zoo Interlocking in West Philadelphia to Lansdale Station in Lansdale, Pennsylvania . The line

816-702: The main campus in Center Valley or online. Lansdale is served by the daily print newspaper The Reporter , owned by the Digital First Media and with a circulation of 16,364 throughout Lansdale, Hatfield, Souderton and Harleysville. As well as the online news sites North Penn Now and Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch. WNPV (1440 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a news/talk/sports format, whose air date began October 17, 1960 and ended April 30, 2020. The station sold off its land, studio and broadcast towers to North Penn School District in July 2020. Its license

850-532: The name changed from Central Montgomery Medical Center to its present name. An episode of the Fox television series Fringe , which aired on September 24, 2009, was set in Lansdale. The scenes that took place in Lansdale were filmed in British Columbia , and the town was depicted as a rural area consisting primarily of corn fields and not as the densely populated suburban town that it actually is. The beginning of

884-650: The original northbound track being removed in 2010. A passing siding exists north of Willow Grove . There is also a second storage track at the Hatboro station and the line becomes double-tracked again as it approaches the terminus at Warminster station. The Warminster Line is a continuation of the Reading Company 's suburban services over the Warminster Branch . The line was built between 1872 and 1874 and electrified as far as Hatboro in 1931. Passenger service beyond Hatboro ended in 1952. The Reading extended electrification and suburban service to Warminster on July 29, 1974. With

918-470: The population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. Lansdale has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a nine-member borough council. On June 4, 2008, local chiropractor G. Andrew Szekely was appointed by council resolution to serve the remaining 18 months of the term of Mayor Michael DiNunzio. Szekely won a full four-year term in November 2009. The current mayor of Lansdale is Garry Herbert, who

952-503: The year 1900, 2,754 people lived here; in 1910, 3,551; and in 1940, 9,316 people were inhabitants of Lansdale. The population was 18,773 at the 2020 census. Lansdale is the center of the North Penn Valley , a region which includes the surrounding townships and boroughs. It is located 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Allentown and 21 miles (34 km) north of Philadelphia . The earliest known settlers in Lansdale were members of

986-487: Was completed on July 26, 1931. In 1976 Conrail took over the Reading, and in 1983 SEPTA gained control of the commuter operations. The Center City Commuter Connection was tied into the former Reading Ninth Street Branch on November 12, 1984, completing the SEPTA Main Line as it is defined today. SEPTA activated positive train control on the Main Line from Glenside to Fern Rock on December 12, 2016 and from Fern Rock to 30th Street on January 9, 2017. The term "Main Line"

1020-542: Was donated to Four Rivers Community Broadcasting. North Penn Television is a television station owned by the North Penn School district that broadcasts the North Penn School District Board of School Directors meetings, along with various events around the school district such as sports games and concerts. Lansdale hosts a first friday during the warmer months, it includes live music, food trucks,

1054-562: Was mostly built by the North Pennsylvania Railroad . However, the oldest section was part of the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (PG&N), the first railroad in Philadelphia . The first section of it opened on June 7, 1832, from downtown to Germantown (now on the Chestnut Hill East Line). Later a new alignment was built to Norristown , leaving the old route from North Philadelphia to Germantown as

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1088-512: Was officially incorporated and named after Phillip Lansdale Fox , chief surveyor of the North Penn Railroad . By the naming conventions of the time, it should have been called Jenkintown, since the land immediately surrounding the train station was owned by the Jenkins family, but there was already a town by that name along the rail line. The Jenkins Homestead and Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. are listed on

1122-531: Was renamed from St. Stanislaus to Mater Dei, Latin for "Mother of God." Calvary Baptist School is a pre-K-12th grade Christian school. Lansdale area private high schools include Lansdale Catholic High School and Dock Mennonite Academy . Dock is in Towamencin Township. The DeSales University Lansdale Area Campus was an institute of higher education , with a campus specifically designed for adult students. The campus closed in 2019, with classes moved to

1156-763: Was voted into office in January, 2018. The borough is part of the Fourth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Madeleine Dean ), Pennsylvania's 53rd Representative District (represented by Rep. Steve Malagari ) and the 12th State Senate District (represented by Sen. Maria Collett ). The community is a part of the North Penn School District . K-6 public elementary schools in Lansdale include Gwynedd Square Elementary, Knapp Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Inglewood Elementary, Walton Farm Elementary, and York Avenue Elementary. Penndale Middle School serves grades 7–9. The area public high school

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