49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

49th Street
SEPTA regional rail

Entrance to the 49th Street Station
Location 49th Street & Chester Avenue
Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W / 39.94363; -75.21651Coordinates: 39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W / 39.94363; -75.21651
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 64

Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
Electrified 1928
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Elwyn
Media/Elwyn Line
  Former services  
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward West Chester
West Chester Line
R3 Elwyn/West Chester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward West Chester
West Chester Branch

49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Elwyn Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.[1]

The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13 trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system. The trolleys use an alternate track embedded in 49th Street when the tunnels are closed.

The Media/Elwyn line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.[2]

References

  1. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF).
  2. Peniston, Bradley (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

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