West Chester Railroad

West Chester Railroad
Locale	Chester/Delaware counties, Pennsylvania, USA
Terminus	West Chester, Pennsylvania
Commercial operations
Built by	West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Reporting mark	WCRL
Length	7.7 mi (12.4 km)[1]
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	November 1858
1858	West Chester & Philadelphia Railroad begins
Closed	September 1986
Preservation history
1997	West Chester Railroad began operating
Headquarters	West Chester, Pennsylvania
Website
www.wcrailroad.com

West Chester Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend miles (km) from 30th Street Station 18.1 (29.1) Wawa (SEPTA) SEPTA terminus 18.7 (30.1) Darlington WCRR eastern terminus 20.3 (32.7) Glen Mills 21.6 (34.8) Locksley 22.2 (35.7) Cheyney 22.9 (38.5) Westtown 25.5 (41.0) Oakbourne 27.1 (43.6) West Chester University 27.5 (44.0) West Chester (terminus) This diagram: view talk edit

The West Chester Railroad is a privately owned and operated tourist railroad that runs between Market Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania,^[2] in Chester County, and the village of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County.

The West Chester Railroad operates 90-minute round-trip excursions over 7.7 miles (12.4 km)^[1] of former Pennsylvania Railroad track on the West Chester Branch. Trains operate Sundays, June through December. Besides the regular trains, the schedule expands with Saturday rides for a number of special events including Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Memorial Day, Halloween, and Christmas. The railroad is owned by the for-profit 4 States Railway Service, Inc. and operated by the West Chester Railroad Heritage Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the railroad. All employees of the railroad are volunteers.^[3]