Melrose Park station (SEPTA)

Melrose Park

SEPTA Regional Rail

Melrose Park Station

Location

800 Valley Road
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 19027

Coordinates

40°03′34″N 75°07′45″W / 40.0595°N 75.1293°WCoordinates: 40°03′34″N 75°07′45″W / 40.0595°N 75.1293°W

Line(s)

Lansdale/Doylestown Line

Warminster Line

West Trenton Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 28

Construction

Parking

185 space parking lot

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Rebuilt

2005

Electrified

1931

Previous names

Oak Lane^[1]

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA	Following station
Fern Rock toward 30th Street Station		Lansdale/Doylestown Line limited weekday service	Elkins Park toward Doylestown
Fern Rock toward University City		Warminster Line	Elkins Park toward Warminster
Fern Rock toward University City		West Trenton Line limited weekday service, no weekend service	Elkins Park toward West Trenton
	Former services
Preceding station		Reading Railroad	Following station
Fern Rock Terminus		Bethlehem Branch	Elkins Park toward Bethlehem

Melrose Park is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines.

Station

In June 2005, SEPTA completed a $5,336,000 project to upgrade Melrose Park station, including the installation of high-level, fully handicap accessible, platforms.^[2]

In FY 2013, Melrose Park station had a weekday average of 458 boardings and 481 alightings.^[3]

Service

The station is primarily served by the Warminster Line and Lansdale/Doylestown Line, and the West Trenton Line also provides service to Melrose Park on weekends.^[4]

References

↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
↑ "SEPTA (July 2006) SEPTA Capital Improvements in Montgomery County. p. 22." (PDF). (2.39 MB)
↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). (539 KB)
↑ "SEPTA (Mar. 23, 2008). "Combined Timetable."" (PDF). (321 KB)

External links

Media related to Melrose Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

Township of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Founded 1682

Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock Melrose Park Wyncote

Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham High School Cheltenham Township School District Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary

National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Railroad Station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wall House Wyncote Historic District

Famous People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett

See also	Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Cheltenham Square Mall Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School

Historical Railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad

Regional Rail Lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton

Regional Rail Stations	Jenkintown-Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham

SEPTA Bus Routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C

Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department

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