 SEPTA's Fox Chase Line parallels the line from Newtown Junction to Cheltenham, having used it until 2005 when single-track service on the SEPTA line eliminated the need for usage of the freight track.The former southernmost piece of the Trenton Subdivision, from its south end across the Columbia Railroad Bridge to Belmont, opened in 1834 as part of the Main Line of Public Works.The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road opened in 1839, including from Belmont north to the junction with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Harrisburg Line near the Falls of the Schuylkill.