Valley Forge Laboratories, Inc.

Location:   Paradise Township, Lancaster County

Client:   Red Rose Transit Authority

Description:
VFL is currently responsible for the design and construction oversight of this new rail station on Amtrak's Harrisburg Line. The project involves design of the station facilities including eastbound and westbound platforms and parking facilities for approximately 30 vehicles. Special attention is being afforded in the areas of accommodation of transit buses, ADA requirements and pedestrian facilities. Both low level and mini-high level platforms have been incorporated in to the design.

The station is expected to initially serve at least six trains per day on Amtrak’s Keystone Service, but may eventually serve both the Pennsylvanian and the Three Rivers/Broadway Limited. The station will provide important local connections to both Harrisburg and Philadelphia where the traveler can access the entire Amtrak system. The station will also serve as the terminus of the Red Rose Transit Authority’s Route 14 Transit line linking the station with the historic Amish country, the Lancaster outlet area around Rockville Square and the City of Lancaster, itself. The parking facilities have been designed to incorporate and bus turn-around loop for the Route 14.

Eventually, the station will also serve as the western terminus for the Strasburg Railroad’s steam passenger train service (“The Road to Paradise”), providing a rail link to the historic Strasburg area and the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum.