Future Goals
Oxford Area Transit Services ( OATS )
OATS Mission Statement and Goals:
The purpose of OATS, a nonprofit group, is:
Phase One:
Part A: To assist Oxford Borough and the Oxford Region and East Penn
Rail Road in the improvement of the quality of the East Penn Railroad
Line, formerly known as the Octoraro Line, for Freight Rail Service in
the Oxford Region including the railroad from Chadds Ford to Nottingham
and possibly beyond.
Part B: To improve the quality of the Freight Service and quantity of
Freight Customers in such a manner that the Line will be improved and
well maintained and provide an Economic Improvement to the Region.
Once Phase One of our mission is accomplished:
Phase Two:
Part A: To revitalize and provide Commuter Rail Service over the
entirety of this Railroad line.
Part B: To pursue extending the Commuter Railroad Line to the east and
south to Newark and Wilmington Delaware, and also further due east to
Media and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And, to pursue Commuter Railroad
Line connections northward from Chadds Ford to Coatesville and
Downingtown, Pa.
Part C: To pursue Revitalizing and once again Extending the Freight and
Commuter Railroad Line southward to Rising Sun, Port Deposit,
Perryville, and eventually to Aberdeen, Maryland.
Part D: To pursue the southward extension of this Railroad Line as an
optional alternative for a Freight and Commuter Railroad Route as a
part of the Homeland Security Network.
Contact info:
C. John Stevenson, Chairperson <c.john.stevenson@oatrains.org>; M. Walter Saranetz, Vice-Chair <m.walter.saranetz@oatrains.org>
Oxford Area Transit Services, 5 Mt. Vernon Street, Oxford Pennsylvania 19363 (610) 932-9670