Paoli station

Paoli
Amtrak station SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station
Location	13 East Lancaster Avenue Paoli, PA 19301
Coordinates	40°02′35″N 75°29′01″W / 40.04295°N 75.4837°WCoordinates: 40°02′35″N 75°29′01″W / 40.04295°N 75.4837°W
Owned by	Amtrak[1]
Operated by	Amtrak & SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA:   Paoli/Thorndale Line Amtrak:   Keystone Service   Pennsylvanian
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 92 to Exton / King of Prussia 105 to Paoli Hospital / 69th Street 106 to Paoli Hospital / 69th Street 204 to Exton / Eagleview 205 to Chesterbrook 206 to Great Valley
Construction
Parking	486 spaces (177 daily, 309 permit)
Bicycle facilities	4 racks (8 spaces)
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: PAO
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Opened	1893
Rebuilt	1953
Electrified	September 11, 1915[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	176,474[3]  3.4% (Amtrak)
Passengers (2012)	1,240 (weekday boardings)[4] (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Malvern toward Thorndale Paoli/Thorndale Line Daylesford toward Temple University Amtrak Exton toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Ardmore, PA toward New York City Exton toward Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Philadelphia toward New York City   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Malvern, PA toward Chicago Main Line Daylesford toward New York City or Exchange Place Terminus Paoli Line Daylesford toward Suburban Station

Paoli is a passenger rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at 13 Lancaster Avenue (US 30), Paoli, Pennsylvania.^[5] It is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains, and most SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. The station has ticket offices, a waiting room and a coffee shop. The one-story tan brick building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1953 at a cost of $140,000; it replaced an earlier Victorian depot built in 1893.^[6]

This station is 19.9 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2011, an average of 1,240 people boarded and 1,408 alighted SEPTA trains each weekday.^[4]

Paoli Intermodal Transportation Center Project

The Paoli Intermodal Transportation Center (ITC) Project involves the relocation and expansion of the Paoli station to a new site near the existing facility.^[7] Improvements associated with the new intermodal transportation center will include a bridge over the rail tracks (Darby Road which will replace Valley Road), renovation or replacement of the existing station building, new passenger waiting and ticketing facilities, passenger amenities, bus, shuttle, passenger parking facilities, and potential new retail and commercial business development.^[8]

Other future plans

The proposed light rail Greenline would connect Paoli station with the towns of Phoenixville and Oaks, Pennsylvania.

References

1. "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.
3. "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2015, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
4. "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
5. Paoli Station (Google Maps)
6. "Paoli Station". Amtrak's Great American Stations. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
7. "About The Project". Paoli Intermodal Transportation Center. SEPTA. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
8. "Fact Sheet -- Paoli Station Accessibility Improvement Project" (PDF). Plan the Keystone. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

External links

Media related to Paoli station at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Paoli, PA
• SEPTA - Paoli Station
• Paoli Intermodal Transportation Center - project information
• Paoli, PA (PAO) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
• Paoli Amtrak-SEPTA Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
• Station from Valley Road from Google Maps Street View