Credit: Jeff Bohen/LevittownNow.com
Friday will be the culmination of a number of years of work as SEPTA along with a number of federal, state, and local officials will announce announce inter-modal station improvements for the Regional Rail system’s Levittown Station in Tullytown.
The project will be funded by Act 89, the state’s new transportation funding bill will include improvements such as adding modern amenities a new station building, High-level platforms, and a pedestrian overpass. The station will be fully Americans With Disabilities Act Accessible (ADA).
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On Tuesday LevittownNow,com met with State Rep John Galloway (D- Bucks) at the station to discuss what the station improvements mean for the area.
“We’ve been working on this for years. Republican and Democrats locally, at the state and federal levels,” Galloway said, as he looked out over the platform towards an Trenton inbound train.
“This is going to mean a lot for the riders, for the woman who get off of work late at night and have to walk in that tunnel down there,” alluding to the potential for women becoming targets or any one for that matter being trapped in the underground tunnel that connects Philadelphia and Trenton bound platforms.
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Galloway said he wasn’t able to really discuss improvement specifics but said millions will be poured into making the station beatific to the regional rail users and Tullytown.
“As kid,” Galloway said with a sense of Bucks pride and accomplishment in his voice, “I used to play ball and fish in this area and when this project is completed its something everyone in the area will be proud of.”
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The press conference will begin at 10 a.m. Friday. All you need to do is read the list of scheduled and or invited attendees (below) to realize Friday will be a big day for SEPTA, local, state, federal officials and Levittown -Tullytown.
- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick
- Senator Tommy Tomlinson
- Senator Charles McIlhinney
- Representative John T. Galloway
- SEPTA Board Chairman Pasquale T. Deon
- SEPTA General Manager Joseph M. Casey
- SEPTA Deputy General Manager Jeffrey Knueppel
- Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia
- Tullytown Borough Mayor Dave Cutchineal
The aging 1950s-era station will, as of Friday, become young, vibrant, and no longer an eyesore of sorts for those using the station and passing by it, SEPTA s aid.
