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Originally Posted by Nova08
And out of all of the PA outlying suburbs West Chester seems like the best chance to see restored rail service from Septa. (Excluding Wawa and KOP trolley)
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The ones featuring intact and hopefully active rail lines leading to them are all much more likely to see pax service ... assuming the public will is there to put it in. So West Chester, Sellersville/Perkasie/Quakertown, and Phoenixville/Pottstown are all more likely to see service than Kennett Square (the Octoraro Branch has long been ripped up between Wawa and Chadds Ford), Newtown (the Newtown Branch got ripped up), or the Pennsburg/Red Hill/East Greenville area (the Perkiomen Branch is long gone).
Interestingly, the majority of ex-PRSL alignments are still active in South Jersey ... though the majority of them are in atrocious condition and will need significant investment to carry commuter trains again.
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Originally Posted by wcphil
West Chester has been pretty good about planning for a dense, urban future. They partnered with a firm to create 5, 10, and 20 year plans for the borough which includes changing the auto centric part of town on the way in into a cbd2. They are working to incentivize building with urban design there instead of sprawling outward. Also have a meeting this month about completely changing the zoning code for the CBD which will assist two major projects proposed in town.
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I would love to see WC Boro pimp for either reactivating the old West Chester Branch or building a spur to it along 202 from the Main Line (which, interestingly enough, seems to itself follow an old West Chester Branch rail alignment). Or possibly both.