Germantown station (SEPTA)
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Location | 120–128 East Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°02′16″N 75°10′19″W / 40.0379°N 75.1720°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Chestnut Hill East Branch | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 26, J, K | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 13 spaces | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | c. 1885 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | February 5, 1933[1] | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Chelten Avenue | ||||||||||||
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Germantown station is a SEPTA Regional Rail component in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Chelten Avenue and Baynton Street in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill East Line.
The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 6.8 track miles from Suburban Station.
History
[edit]The Germantown railway station has existed since at least 1884 when it could be found in the same place it is today on the Chestnut Hill East line.[2] It was on SEPTA's R7 line until the regional-rail renaming.
On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $1.9 million rehabilitation effort which included the Germantown station.[3]
In 2013, this station saw 102 boardings and 140 alightings on an average weekday.[4]
Gallery
[edit]- Germantown station
References
[edit]- ^ "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Philadelphia. 1884. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
External links
[edit]Media related to Germantown (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons