Alternatives

Proposed Stations and
Alignment Segments

Land Use

Direct Impacts

Rating

Significance

Mitigation Notes

TSM

1D

1E

2D

5E

5ET

6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wyomissing

VF Outlets, major retail center

Convert inactive power plant to station

N

I

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wyomissing to Outer Station

-

N

S

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

Outer Station

Former rail station, mixed urban land uses

Station and parking in vacant land

P

S

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Outer Station to BARTA Transportation Center

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

BARTA Transportation Center

Urban center

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

BARTA Transportation Center to Exeter

Conservation land to transportation use

N

I

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

Exeter

Recently developed light industrial center

Commercial land to transportation use

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Exeter to Douglassville

-

-

-

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Douglassville

Former station, mixed uses, commercial zoning

Commercial land to transportation use

N

I

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

Douglassville to Pottstown

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Pottstown

Former station, mixed urban uses

Unused utility land to transportation use

P

I

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

Pottstown to Lower Pottsgrove

Residential to transportation use

N

S

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lower Pottsgrove

Industrial, commercial, vacant, and residential, zoning consistent

Commercial land to transportation use

N

S

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lower Pottsgrove to Limerick

Recreation land to transportation use

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Limerick

Private recreation land use and open, zoned residential and industrial

Recreation land to transportation use

N

S

1,3

X

X

X

X

X

X

Limerick to Royersford

-

-

-

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

Royersford

Mixed urban

Vacant land to transportation use

P

S

1,3

X

X

X

X

X

X

Royersford to Phoenixville

Inactive railroad alignment (Cromby to Devault Junction)

None

-

-

1,2

X

X

X

X

X

X

Phoenixville

Mixed urban, large vacant land, zoned for mixed development

Vacant land to transportation use

P

S

4

X

X

X

X

X

X

Phoenixville to Oaks

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oaks

Industrial/commercial with consistent zoning

Commercial land to transportation use

N

S

1,3

X

X

X

X

X

X

Oaks to Perkiomen Junction

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Perkiomen Junction

New residential and wooded, zoned industrial

Vacant land to transportation use

N

I

1

X

X

X

X

X

X

Perkiomen Junction to Port Kennedy

Possible recreation land to transportation use

N

S

3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Port Kennedy

High rise residential vacant & wooded, zoned for mixed metropolitan

Vacant land to transportation use

P

S

3,4

X

X

X

X

X

X

Port Kennedy to First Avenue

-

-

-

5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Port Kennedy to Norristown

N

S

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

First Avenue

Industrial and office uses

None

-

-

5

X

X

X

X

X

X

First Avenue to King of Prussia

-

-

-

5

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

King of Prussia

Major retail center

Reduced parking area

-

-

5

X

X

X

King of Prussia to South Gulph Road Station

Highway and Commercial

None

-

-

5

X

X

X

South Gulph Road Station

Commercial

-

-

3.5

X

X

X

South Gulph Road to Route 100

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Norristown

Mixed urban

Trail relocation to transportation use

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Norristown to Conshohocken

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Conshohocken

Growing office and high density residential

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Conshohocken to Spring Mill

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Spring Mill

Office and light industrial

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Spring Mill to Miquon

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Miquon

New office complex and wooded slope

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Miquon to Ivy Ridge

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ivy Ridge

Mixed urban

Vacant land to transportation use

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ivy Ridge to Manayunk

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Manayunk

Mixed urban

Commercial land to transportation use

-

S

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Manayunk to Cynwyd

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cynwyd

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cynwyd to Bala

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Bala

Mixed urban

Commercial land to transportation use

N

S

1,4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Bala to Wynnefield

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wynnefield

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wynnefield to 52nd Street

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

52nd Street

Mixed urban, large vacant

Vacant land to transportation use

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

52nd Street to Zoo

-

N

I

1

X

X

X

X

Zoo

Zoo and park

Recreation/parking to transportation use

P

S

3

X

X

X

X

Zoo to Art Museum

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

Art Museum

Institutions, park, and residential

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

Art Museum to Rodin Museum

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

Rodin Museum

Institutions, park, and residential

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

Rodin Museum to Community College

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

Community College

Mixed urban

Commercial land to transportation use

N

I

-

X

X

X

X

Community College to City Hall

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

City Hall

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ivy Ridge (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ivy Ridge to Manayunk

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Manayunk (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Manayunk to Wissahickon

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wissahickon (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wissahickon to East Falls

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

East Falls (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

East Falls to Allegheny

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Allegheny (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Allegheny to Broad Street

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Broad Street (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Broad Street to Temple

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Temple (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Temple to Market East

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Market East (Existing)

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Market East to Suburban

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Suburban

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Suburban to 30th Street

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

30th Street

Mixed urban

None

-

-

-

X

X

X

30th Street to 52nd Street (via Zoo)

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

X

X

X

Titus (Klapperthal Junction) to Tulpehocken Creek Bridge (Belt Line)

None

-

-

-