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Mount Joy, PA
Mount Joy station in May 2021
General information
Location	25 Market Street Mount Joy, Pennsylvania United States
Coordinates	40°6′31.5″N 76°30′10″W / 40.108750°N 76.50278°W / 40.108750; -76.50278
Owned by	Amtrak
Line(s)	Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	RRTA: 18
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: MJY
History
Rebuilt	2016–2019
Electrified	January 15, 1938
Passengers
FY 2023	24,877 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Elizabethtowntoward Harrisburg Keystone Service Lancastertoward New York      Pennsylvanian does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Florintoward Chicago Main Line Landisvilletoward New York or Exchange Place
Location

Mount Joy station is an Amtrak intercity railway station located about 13 miles northwest of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at East Henry Street and North Market Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains. The station formerly was a makeshift bus shelter in a railroad cut but replaced by an Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990-accessible platform. There is no ticket office at this station.

History

Mount Joy station was rebuilt between 2016 and 2019. The project raised the platforms to reduce dwell time, had platforms be covered with a canopy to protect passengers from the elements, added elevators in order to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and constructed a pedestrian walkway allowing easy access between the platforms. The slope was stabilized while additional parking spaces complemented an earlier phase where 69 parking spaces were added in 2012. Michael Baker International were the architects while Wagman was contracted to construct the new station. The station was rededicated on October 21, 2019 at a cost of $33 million, $8 million more than initially anticipated.

References

1. "Pennsy Completes New Electric Link". The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. January 15, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
3. ^ DuPuis, Roger (October 27, 2016). "$25 million train station upgrade underway in Mount Joy". Central Penn Business Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
4. ^ "PennDOT, Federal Transit Administration celebrate opening of new Mount Joy Train Station". WPMT. York, Pennsylvania. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
5. "Mount Joy Train Station". Wagman.com. 2 May 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

External links

Media related to Mount Joy station (Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

• Mount Joy, PA – Amtrak
• Mount Joy, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)

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