[1][2] The rail line originally terminated in West Chester near the corner of East Chestnut and North Matlack Streets.
[3] The railroad opened a 1.75-mile long branch line from Kirkland to Oakland to serve nearby lime and marble quarries before making a connection with the Philadelphia and Columbia.
When locomotives were introduced to the railroad in 1845, it was determined that the iron-plated wooden rails had deteriorated beyond repair and the branch was abandoned.
[1] The line was later routed to terminate at the East Market Street station of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad (WC&P).
[5] The WC&P ended the 1870s in a poor financial situation however, and as a result sold the entirety of the West Chester Railroad's stock to the PRR for $135,300.