The Elizabethtown Station is located along Wilson Avenue in the Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County.  The existing station, vacant for more than 25 years, was designed by the architectural firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary with ashlar limestone and graduated slate roofs and built in 1915 by the Pennsylvania Railroad on the campus of the Masonic Home of Grand Lodge of Fee and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania.  The station served both the Masonic Home and Elizabethtown Borough.  There is no ticket office or other Amtrak services provided at the station.  This station is 86 track miles from 30th Street Station and 18 track miles from Harrisburg, PA.  According to Amtrak, the number of passengers using the Elizabethtown Station has more than doubled over the past four years.

The community in the immediate area is a mixture of residential, industrial and commercial uses.  In addition, adjacent to eastbound platform is the Masonic Village complex. 

In a project announced in April 2009, more than $9.3 million in stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help Elizabethtown Borough refurbish and improve customer amenities at the Station.

2008 Ridership – 90,644

Station Area

• A lighted canopy covering the entire length of the proposed 500-foot long high-level platform
• Passenger information (information displays, public address system)
• Security systems (on-call system, call box)
• Designation of passenger car and taxi pick-up/drop-off areas

Pedestrian Access and Area Considerations

• Trailblazer and standard Amtrak signage along Masonic Drive, High Street and Wilson Avenue
• Pedestrian ramps to the eastbound and westbound platforms in case of a power failure to the elevators
• Improve pedestrian accessibility by widening sidewalks, installing curb cuts and crosswalks along Masonic Drive, High Street and Wilson Avenue

8.25.09 - Loyal rail riders attend Elizabethtown station groundbreaking (Lancaster Online)

Stimulus Funds Slated for Elizabethtown Station (WGAL.com)