Norristown Transit Center is a two-level multimodal

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regional hub located in

Norristown, Pennsylvania Norristown is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough with Home Rule Municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule status and the county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Delaware Valley, Philadelphia metropolitan area. Located ...

and operated by

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. It opened in

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, replacing the older M terminus one block away at Main and Swede Streets, and integrated the former Reading Company's DeKalb Street Norristown railroad station (built 1933) into its structure. A plaque embedded in the sidewalk between the bus lane and Lafayette Street commemorates the location of one of the columns of the dismantled segment of the

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(P&W) trestle.

Regional Rail service

The Norristown Transit Center is a stop on the Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail Line, which offers service to Center City Philadelphia via Conshohocken and Manayunk. In 2017, the regional rail service at Norristown Transit Center had a weekday average of 856 boardings and 781 alightings.

Metro service

Norristown Transit Center is the final stop on the M, which runs from 69th Street Transit Center in Upper Darby to Norristown.

Bus routes

In addition to rail service, Norristown Transit Center serves as the center of the Frontier District of

's Suburban Division bus routes, particularly the routes operating in Montgomery County. Bus routes serving NTC operate with a "timed transfer"; for the most part, buses leave at the same time, to maximize possible transfers between routes. These routes serve areas of Norristown and other areas in Montgomery County. SEPTA Frontier District routes that serve Norristown Transit Center are: * - to Plymouth Meeting Mall via Penn Square * - to SCI Phoenix via

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(Saturdays only) * - to Pottstown via Collegeville and Philadelphia Premium Outlets * - to Lansdale via Montgomery Mall and

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* - to Chestnut Hill via Barren Hill and Conshohocken * - to Blue Bell via Plymouth Meeting Mall * - to Phoenixville via King of Prussia Transit Center at

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mall, Audubon and Oaks * - to Audubon and Valley Forge Corporate Complex via Jeffersonvill NTC is located at DeKalb and Lafayette Streets near the banks of the

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and boasts a parking garage (built in 2008). Along with the opening of the new garage, intercity bus service by Bieber Transportation Group,

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, and Martz Trailways was introduced to Norristown. Bieber Transportation Group ended service to Norristown on April 1, 2018 while Martz Trailways service ended May 31, 2018. Norristown Transit Center was formerly an important transfer point between electric and

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(RDCs) service to points north, such as

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, Phoenixville Pottstown,

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and Pottsville. Pottsville line service was eliminated in 1981 due to budget cuts. Proposed restoration of service beyond Norristown, dubbed the Schuylkill Valley Metro, was canceled in 2006 after SEPTA failed to acquire necessary funding.

References

External links

SEPTA – Norristown Transit Center map (archived)

DeKalb Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA SEPTA Regional Rail stations SEPTA Metro M stations Transport Center Former Reading Company stations Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1989 1989 establishments in Pennsylvania