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Transportation  Economic & Community Development One City Hall Place City of Coatesville, PA 19320 Phone: 610-384-0300 Fax: 610-384-3612 Accessibility The City of Coatesville is surrounded by major highway systems that link regional population centers. Probably the most important to the City of Coatesville is the U. S. Route 30 Corridor that consists of the Route 30 Bypass and Business Route 30. The Route 30 Bypass is located at the northern most portion of the and provides a limited access highway link from Lancaster to Philadelphia. The economic development implications of the completed Route 30 Bypass are enormous to the City and the Central Chester County Region. Route 30 also connects the City to PA Routes 10 and 100, the major north-south highways in Chester County. Business Route 30 continues to be the most important commercial road in the region. The Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) which located northeast of the City and provides links with Philadelphia and New Jersey to the east, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to the west and Allentown and Scranton-Wilkes Barre in northeast Pennsylvania. Turnpike entrances are located at Morgantown and Lionville, approximately 13 miles and 11 miles from the City, respectively. PA Route 82 traverses the west central portion of the City and is a north-south access road within the region that links Reading to the State of Delaware. Airports 
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is 35 miles from the Coatesville area. PHL serves as the principal gateway for the fifth largest metropolitan population in the United States. Located approximately seven (7) miles from downtown Philadelphia, the Airport is easily accessible from Interstates 76, 95, and 476. In addition, rail service to the Airport is available on SEPTA'S High Speed Rail Line (R1) train that operates from 5:25 AM until 11:25 PM daily, every 30 minutes, with easy connections to AMTRAK at 30th Street Station. Approximately twenty-five (25) scheduled passenger carriers and non-scheduled charters serve over 100 domestic and international destinations daily. In addition, eight (8) all-cargo airlines handle over 616,693 tons of cargo annually. The Chester County Airport is only three miles from the City. Chester County Airport features a 5400' x 100' grooved runway. As a class C-II Reliever Airport with ILS and GPS approaches, full parallel taxiway and 48,000 lb. dual gear capacity, Chester County Airport is equipped to handle most corporate business aircraft 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information, go to www.chestercountyaviation.com Public Transportation
Rail
Two railroads serve the Coatesville area. The Norfolk/Southern line runs through the area and the Brandywine Valley Railroad which services the Bethlehem Lukens Plate Steel Facility. Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. filed a joint application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for authority to operate the routes and assets of Conrail. As a result of the transaction, Norfolk Southern rail operations grew to include some 7,200 miles of the Conrail system. Perhaps Conrail's best-known predecessor, however, was the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) which began as a line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, with its first train pulled by a wood-burning "Mifflin" locomotive. This merger created a balanced rail transportation in the East because of its access to the populous Northeast and its busy ports. Shipping The City of Coatesville is ideally situated for businesses which require international commerce. The Ports of Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia are no further than 35 miles from the City. 
The Port of Wilmington, Delaware is a full-service deepwater port and marine terminal handling over 400 vessels per year with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of 5 million tons. The Port of Philadelphia and Camden (PPC) is a newly created division of the Delaware River Port Authority, empowered to provide promotional and strategic planning assistance to the region's maritime facilities. Located on the upper Delaware River, the Port's facilities include more than forty private and public facilities capable of servicing bulk, break bulk and containerized cargoes. Additionally, the Port operates a cruise passenger terminal at the former site of the Philadelphia Naval Base and AmeriPort, the region's intermodal transfer facility. The Port has dedicated facilities capable of handling forest products, cocoa beans, automobiles and refrigerated cargoes. Trucking
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The Coatesville
LINK has daily and affordable bus service citywide. The LINK bus service also
connects the City of Coatesville with neighboring municipalities including South
Coatesville, Caln, Modena and Valley. Additionally Krapf's Transit provides
service from Coatesville to West Chester. Chester Para transit is available
to Senior Citizens and Chester Para transit services Handicapped residents of
Coatesville. In addition, Chester Para transit provides door-to-door transportation
for persons with disabilities to residents Countywide.
The City
of Coatesville is serviced by the Amtrak Keystone Commuter Rail Service along
the Harrisburg-Philadelphia line Coatesville provides local and regional residents
service three times per day. As ridership increases more stops will be scheduled.
For more information on Amtrak's rail service go to www.amtrak.com.
Coatesville is located in the heart of Chester County and directly accessible
to US Route 30 and the Turnpike. This central location provides a vast transportation
network for Coatesville companies and access to markets throughout Pennsylvania,
the East Coast and the nation. Numerous common carriers offer same-day and overnight
delivery to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and most of the Eastern Seaboard.