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#11 KevinKorell

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Posted 10 January 2018 - 05:06 PM

Penn Live, 1/10/18:

 


New Amtrak station waiting for tracks to be moved

 

Don't look for the new Amtrak station in Middletown to start going up for another two years, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says.

 

 

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Posted 11 January 2020 - 07:22 PM

Middletown, PA Press & Journal, 1/8/20:

 


 

  Amtrak station in Middletown likely to open by 2022 

 

 

 

The new Amtrak station in Middletown could be open to the public by late 2021 or early 2022.

 

 

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Posted 16 January 2020 - 10:42 PM

Middletown, PA Press & Journal, 1/16/20:

 


 

   New Amtrak station will be completed by July 2021, consulting engineers say in new documents 

 

 

 

Construction of the long-planned new Amtrak train station along West Main Street is to be completed by July 21, 2021, according to information put out Wednesday by consulting engineers on the project.

 

 

Somehow I more believe the later target date than the earlier one.  Nevertheless, here is the link.



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Posted 29 April 2020 - 01:42 PM

Middletown, PA Press & Journal, 4/29/20:


 

  Work continues on Amtrak station, with date moved slightly later for targeted completion on West Main  

 

 

 

Work is continuing toward building the new Amtrak train station along West Main Street in Middletown.

 

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Posted 06 January 2022 - 02:10 PM

Carlisle, PA Sentinel, 1/6/22:
 

   New Middletown Amtrak train station ready for service starting Monday    


 
 
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday that the Middletown Amtrak train station project is complete and Amtrak-service passengers may begin using the new station starting Monday.

 
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Posted 07 January 2022 - 01:13 AM

Amtrak website:
 

 

Middletown, PA, Station Opens at New Location

Effective January 10, 2022
Beginning January 10, the Middletown, PA, station will re-open at a new intermodal, accessible location, approximately one mile away from the previous location of Union and Mill Street.
 
New Address
270 West Emaus Street
Middletown, PA 17057

This unstaffed station has a high-level center platform with a covering and seating for passengers, as well as elevator access to and from the bridge and platform.
 
There will be no checked baggage, unaccompanied minors or meet and assist offered at this location.

 



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Posted 10 January 2022 - 03:19 PM

WGAL-TV, Channel 8 in Lancaster, PA, 1/10/22:

 


 

 

  New Amtrak station opens in Middletown  

 

 

A new Amtrak station in Middletown, Dauphin County, opened Monday.

 

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Posted 18 January 2022 - 10:10 PM

WPMT-TV, Fox-43 in York, PA, 1/18/22:

 


 

   Federal, local and state officials join Amtrak, PennDOT representatives at ribbon-cutting ceremony for new train station in Middletown  

 

 

Federal, local and state elected officials joined representatives from Amtrak and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for a new train station that recently opened in Middletown, Dauphin County.

 

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Posted 28 July 2022 - 09:11 PM

I finally got the chance to visit the new Middletown station yesterday.

 

So all those dignitaries participated in a ceremony in January, and then nobody of any authority or role, other than the travelers using the stations, has been back since.  Except spiders.    While it's surely an improvement over the former downtown location, and on a straighter track, in 6+ months the place is absolutely overrun with cobwebs.   They are all over the stairways, elevator shaft, windows, light fixtures, and just about everywhere else.  While I realize the station is unattended, somebody has to come and maintain it.    Here are a few photos I shot, and look carefully for what is hanging from everywhere.   There were points on the stairway that I had to duck under that stuff.Attached File  20220727_115800.jpg   137.72KB   0 downloadsAttached File  20220727_120136.jpg   181.03KB   0 downloadsAttached File  20220727_120253.jpg   148.29KB   0 downloads

 

Reminds me of my visit to Paoli this past winter, where the overhead walkway and only access to the island platform had a water leak in its roof that had frozen on the floor causing an ice slick. 



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