Wister
Wister station in September 2013. A mural depicting "Wister Station" is visible on the right-side wall,
General information
LocationAshmead & Rubicam Streets,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°02′10″N 75°09′41″W / 40.0362°N 75.1615°W / 40.0362; -75.1615
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: J
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1932
ElectrifiedFebruary 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Germantown
toward Chestnut Hill East
 Chestnut Hill East Line Wayne Junction
toward 30th Street Station
Fishers
Closed 1992
toward 30th Street Station
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Wingohocking
toward Chestnut Hill
 Chestnut Hill Branch Fishers
toward Philadelphia

Wister station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at Ashmead and Rubicam Streets in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is named after the nearby Wister Street.

The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 6.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 55 boardings and 70 alightings on an average weekday.[2]

Reading Railroad built Wister station in 1932, and it is the last stop inbound on the Chestnut Hill East Line (toward Central Philadelphia) before Wayne Junction Station, where that line merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Fox Chase Lines.

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inbound ←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Wayne Junction)
Outbound      Chestnut Hill East Line toward Chestnut Hill East (Germantown) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/entrance

References

  1. ↑ "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). (539 KB)
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