North Philadelphia station
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| North Philadelphia | |||
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| Address | 2900 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Routes | Keystone Service - Regional | ||
| Other service | SEPTA Regional Rail R7 and R8 | ||
| Code | PHN | ||
| Owned by | Amtrak | ||
North Philadelphia is a railroad station on the Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an above ground station located at 2900 North Broad Street at Glenwood Avenue in the North Philadelphia section of the city. It is formerly known as the Germantown Junction Station. SEPTA Regional Rail accounts for most of the station's service, and a few Amtrak trains stop each day as well.
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[edit] Station layout and service
The station is located immediately north of where SEPTA's R8 Chestnut Hill West line diverges from the Northeast Corridor, which carries SEPTA's R7 Trenton line. Platforms are located on both lines, a short distance away from each other.
On the Northeast Corridor, there are two high-level center-island platforms that serve four tracks. The R7 Trenton trains make regular stops at these platforms. The station and tracks are owned by Amtrak and a limited number of Amtrak trains make scheduled stops at this station.
On the Chestnut Hill West line, which is owned by SEPTA, a pair of low-level platforms serves R8 trains, which normally treat North Philadelphia as a flag stop.
The station is within a few blocks of the North Broad station on SEPTA's Main Line (formerly belonging to the Reading Company), and the North Philadelphia subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line. The station has SEPTA ticket offices, retail shops and restaurants, and access to Broad Street area businesses. The SEPTA R7 and R8, as of 2006, had 219 average weekday boardings and 245 average weekday alightings.[1]
[edit] Architecture
The station building is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Historic American Building Survey. It was built from 1896 to 1901 for the Pennsylvania Railroad with Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr. as the architect, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project.
The station currently includes a 333-space parking lot.
[edit] Reference
[edit] External links
- North Philadelphia station page on Amtrak's official website
- R7 and R8 station pages on SEPTA's official website
| Next station | SEPTA Regional Rail | Next station | ||
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| To: Trenton Bridesburg |
R7 line | To: Center City, Chestnut Hill East 30th Street Station |
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| To: Chestnut Hill West Queen Lane |
R8 line | To: Center City, Fox Chase 30th Street Station |
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| Preceding station | Amtrak Lines | Following station | ||
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| Philadelphia 30th Street | Keystone Service (Harrisburg-New York) | Cornwells Heights | ||
| Philadelphia 30th Street | Regional (Newport News-Boston) | Cornwells Heights | ||
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