Wyndmoor station

Wyndmoor
SEPTA regional rail station

Wyndmoor Station Platform
Location 256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Chestnut Hill East Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 77
Construction
Parking 130 Spaces
Other information
Fare zone 2
History
Opened 1863
Rebuilt 1877, 1930
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Chestnut Hill East Line

Wyndmoor Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 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.[1]

1930 Station Building

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. [2] Most regular commuters from Wyndmoor station are from Chestnut Hill and the adjacent Wyndmoor neighborhood, with some also from Erdenheim and Laverock.

Ridership

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present". Dan West. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (539 KB)

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


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