Wyndmoor
Wyndmoor station platform
General information
Location256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: 77
Construction
Parking130 spaces
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1863
Rebuilt1877, 1930
ElectrifiedFebruary 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Gravers Chestnut Hill East Line Mount Airy
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Gravers Chestnut Hill Branch Mermaid

Wyndmoor station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street in the Chestnut Hill region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History

This station can be traced as far back as 1863, with a relocation in 1877. The present station building was built by the Reading Company in 1930, when the line was elevated, and began taking in travelers from the recently closed Mermaid Avenue Reading Station.[2]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.0 track miles from Suburban Station.

In 2013, this station saw 471 boardings and 509 alightings on an average weekday.[3] Most regular commuters from Wyndmoor station are from Chestnut Hill and the adjacent Wyndmoor neighborhood, with some also from Erdenheim and Laverock.

Station layout

1930 station depot
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inbound      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Mount Airy)
Outbound      Chestnut Hill East Line toward Chestnut Hill East (Gravers)
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. "Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present". Dan West. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (539 KB)

40°04′25″N 75°11′49″W / 40.0736°N 75.1970°W / 40.0736; -75.1970

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