Mount Joy (Amtrak station)
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Mount Joy Station is an Amtrak
rail 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 is a makeshift bus shelter in a railroad cut
. There is no ticket office at this station.
Red Rose Transit Authority
, based in Lancaster, operates its Route 18 bus through Mount Joy one block (less than 1/10 mile) from the station.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
rail station located about 13 miles northwest of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
at East Henry Street and North Market Street in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,765 at the 2000 census.-Name and origin:Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, PenisPallooza, Amish Land, Dick-in-Hand...
. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service
Keystone Service
Amtrak's Keystone Service provides frequent passenger train service along the Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Station in New York via 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. It is...
trains.
The station is a makeshift bus shelter in a railroad cut
Cut (earthmoving)
In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a hill or mountain is cut out to make way for a canal, road or railway line....
. There is no ticket office at this station.
Red Rose Transit Authority
Red Rose Transit Authority
The Red Rose Transit Authority is a transit agency serving Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. RRTA is headquartered in downtown Lancaster.RRTA has routes both within Lancaster city, and between Lancaster and other areas of the county. RRTA coordinates a Paratransit service, Red Rose Access, which is...
, based in Lancaster, operates its Route 18 bus through Mount Joy one block (less than 1/10 mile) from the station.