Reading Company's Perkasie Train StationThe facade of the 1892 built Perkasie station. The station is a brick and stone structure, and when built, it had ladies and gents waiting rooms, toilet rooms, an express room and a ticket room. A portecochere (covered carriage entrance) for the convenience of carriages lead to a broad stairway to the depot. Such a shame to see that the view has been allowed to become obscured by trees.
Formerly operated by the Reading Company and later by Conrail and SEPTA. Today, the Pennsylvania Northeastern runs the section from Lansdale to Telford, while East Penn handles Telford to Quakertown (via Perkasie). SEPTA Regional Rail stopped service on July 29, 1981 after the commuter agency cancelled its diesel train routes.
Perkasie spent about $4,000, back in 2012, on an architect and engineer review of the station, freight building and waiting shelter to determine how many repairs they might need. Other communities with stations along the main line have restored their stations. Telford spent $1.3 million in 2008 to restore its station, which it subleases to businesses. The Quakertown train station was restored for $1 million in 2005. The Quakertown Train Station Historical Society, which arranged a 25-year lease with SEPTA in 1998, rents the space for special events. And nearby Souderton had secured about $1.5 million in grants to update its station which is now a restaurant and bar. As of the date of this image, the estimated $900,000.00 dollars to restore this historic structure is just a bit too steep for Perkasie... Perkasie’s train station was on lease to Roger Styles as of 2012. He owns Road Warriors Inc., an Internet grill and fireplace retailer based in the station. Styles has been leasing the station from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority since 1975, paying $250 a month.
