Crime & Safety
Doylestown Train Service Restored After Fatal Crash
Train service to Doylestown was had been delayed after a pedestrian was struck and killed at the Lansdale station Friday morning.
The SEPTA train route to Doylestown was temporarily halted and then delayed for much of Friday morning after a pedestrian died at a Montgomery County station on the route.
The man was killed after being struck by a train near the Pennbrook station in Lansdale. Police Friday afternoon .
Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre said the victim, a white male in his 50s, was struck by a southbound train on the tracks between the station and Line Street at about 7:43 a.m.
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A SEPTA spokeswoman said Friday afternoon that the train line to Doylestown had returned to its normal operating schedule by about 11 a.m.
The Pennbrook station is at 1202 Pennbrook Parkway & Church Road,
Lansdale.
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