Kevin Smith Transportation Group services the entire Delaware Valley. KSTG delivers services daily in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. This includes more than 300 cities, towns, boroughs, and townships. One of the places you will regularly see a KSTG vehicle is Lansdale, PA.
History
Lansdale is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Early in the 20th century, its industries included agricultural implement works, a canning factory, foundries, brickyards, a silk mill, and manufacturers of cigars, stoves, shirts, rope, iron drain pipe, and glue. In 1900, 2,754 people lived here; in 1910, 3,551; and in 1940, 9,316 people were inhabitants of Lansdale. The population was 16,269 at the time of the 2010 census.
Lansdale is the center of the North Penn Valley, a region which includes the surrounding townships and boroughs. The earliest known settlers in Lansdale were members of the Jenkins family. At the peak of its growth, the Jenkins homestead occupied approximately 120 acres of land.
The construction of the North Pennsylvania Railroad during the 1850s contributed to rapid growth and expansion in Lansdale. Employment opportunities generated by the railroad brought settlers, housing, and local businesses to the area. By 1872, Lansdale Borough was officially incorporated and named after Phillip Lansdale Fox, chief surveyor of the North Penn Railroad. By the naming conventions of the time, it should have been called Jenkintown, since the land immediately surrounding the train station was owned by the Jenkins family, but there was already a town by that name along the rail line.
The Jenkins Homestead and Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Local Flavor
Lansdale is home to a Kugel ball, which is a dark grey granite sphere supported by a very thin film of water pumped from beneath its base. The Kugel Ball is located in Railroad Plaza, adjacent to the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line train station in downtown Lansdale. The plaza consists of a bricked patio with benches centered on the Kugel Ball and closes at 11:00 pm. An annual 5k race is held in June, accordingly named the Kugel Ball race, which starts and ends at the actual Kugel Ball in Railroad Plaza.
Local Media
Lansdale, PA is served by the daily online newspaper The Alternative Press of North Penn, owned and operated by Treacy Media Holdings, LLC, and edited by Towamencin Township native Tony Di Domizio, and the daily print newspaper The Reporter, owned by the Journal Register Company and having a circulation of 16,364 throughout Lansdale, PA, Hatfield, PA, Souderton, PA, and Harleysville, PA.
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Transportation
The main east-west street in Lansdale is Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 63), which runs northwest-southeast. The main north-south street is Broad Street, which runs southwest-northeast. Pennsylvania Route 363 begins at PA 63 on the western edge of Lansdale and heads southwest on Valley Forge Road. The Lansdale interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) is located to the west of the borough in Towamencin Township and connects to PA 63.
Lansdale is served by SEPTA Regional Rail‘s Lansdale/Doylestown Line via Lansdale station in downtown, the Pennbrook station in the southern part of the borough, and the 9th Street station in the northern part of the borough, with service to Center City Philadelphia and Doylestown along with intermediate points. Three SEPTA Suburban Division bus routes serve Lansdale: the Route 94 connects the southern part of Lansdale with the Montgomery Mall and Chestnut Hill, the Route 96 connects Lansdale with the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown and the Route 132 connects the borough with the Montgomery Mall and Telford.
Lansdale is the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad, a short-line freight railroad. The Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad operates the Lansdale Yard in the borough and provides freight rail service out of Lansdale to several points in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia on SEPTA-owned lines. The railroad interchanges with CSX Transportation in Lansdale
Popular Culture
An episode of the Fox television series Fringe, which aired on September 24, 2009, was set in Lansdale. The scenes that took place in Lansdale were filmed in British Columbia, and the town was depicted as a rural area consisting primarily of corn fields and not as the densely populated suburban town that it actually is.
The beginning of the episode “Changes” of Season 7 of the Fox television series House, which aired on May 2, 2011, was set in Lansdale.
In the 1981 novel A Natural Weapon by Garry Mitchelmore, Lansdale is one of two towns (the other being Cache, Louisiana) that has its natural gas supply poisoned by terrorists.
Leisure Services
Kevin Smith Transportation Group offers a variety of services in Lansdale, PA. On the social side, a KSTG Limo or Wedding Shuttle might be seen on any given weekend. Requests for a Limo for a Night on the Town or a Party Bus to go to Philadelphia, PA for a concert or show are routine for residents of Lansdale, PA. If someone in Lansdale, PA is headed to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal or Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), you can be assured that a KSTG Black Yukon or Mini Bus are ready for pickup.
Corporate Transportation
If you run or work at one of the many successful companies with offices in Lansdale, PA, you may occasionally have a need for some of the Corporate Transportation services offered by Kevin Smith Transportation Group. This could include Airport Transportation to more than 8 International Airports, including Newark International (EWR), Kennedy Airport (JFK) and of course Philadelphia International (PHL).
Shuttle Services are also popular for companies in Lansdale, PA, often moving employees from local SEPTA stations to company offices. In the afternoon, those same KSTG Sprinters or Mini Buses will take those employees back to the train as they head home to Philadelphia, PA. For companies that utilize Private Aviation to travel around the country, a KSTG Cadillac XTS or Black Yukon is likely to be seen across Lansdale, PA, headed to one of more than a dozen regional airports, including Northeast Philadelphia Airport, Wings Field or Doylestown Airport.
Lansdale Limo Service
Kevin Smith Transportation Group wants to thank everyone from Lansdale, PA for choosing us as their preferred Transportation Company. With a focus on Luxury and Service, KSTG wants to be your only choice when considering transportation for everything from a once in a lifetime Wedding celebration to needing Shuttles or Sprinters for a Corporate event. KSTG and Lansdale, PA, working together for all your Transportation needs.
