Fox Chase Line

SEPTA Regional Rail service The Fox Chase Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service connecting Center City Philadelphia with Fox Chase. It uses the Fox Chase Branch, which branches off from the SEPTA Main Line at Newtown Junction north of the Wayne Junction station. It runs entirely within the city of Philadelphia. The line is fully grade-separated, except for one grade crossing on Oxford Avenue. Originally known as the Fox Chase/Newtown Branch, service was truncated in January 1983 from Newtown to its current terminus in Philadelphia at Fox Chase. Plans to restore service beyond Fox Chase remained on SEPTA's Capital Program until 2009. The rail bed between Fox Chase and Southampton has been converted to rail trail usage. History Most of what is now the Fox Chase Branch was opened by the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad, reaching Fox Chase in 1876 and Newtown in 1878. Initially, it was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, but the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad leased it in 1879. On May 27, 1906, the cutoff between Cheltenham and Neshaminy Falls opened. The Newtown Branch was the last steam-hauled suburban service on the Reading, lasting until May 6, 1952. Accidents O