Wayne Junction (SEPTA station)

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Wayne Junction is a SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line located Wayne Avenue and Windrim Avenue in North Philadelphia.^[1]

[edit] Station

The station building was originally constructed in 1881 and rebuilt in 1900, with Frank Furness as the architect. The station, located in fare zone one, does have a sales office but lacks any dedicated parking spaces.^[1] Wayne Junction will be undergoing a $11,165,600 renovation that will include a new low level platform, an additional high-level platform in the in-bound side, two new elevators, and new canopies and windscreens. ^[2]

In FY 2005, Wayne Junction station had a weekday average of 740 boardings and 597 alightings. ^[3]

[edit] Service

The R7 Chestnut Hill East line joins the SEPTA Main Line at the Wayne Junction. Wayne Junction and the last station before the R8 Fox Chase line splits off of the SEPTA Main Line, as Newtown Junction, where the R8 Fox Chase line separates from joins the SEPTA Main Line, is shortly north of Wayne Junction. Additionally, Wayne Junction is served by the R1 Airport, R2 Warminster, R3 West Trenton, R5 Lansdale-Doylestown Regional Rail lines on the SEPTA Main Line.

Wayne Junction is also served by SEPTA Bus Route 53.^[4] Wayne Junction is also served by SEPTA Route 23, a trolley route that has been operated by buses since 1992.^[5] The Western terminus for SEPTA Route 75, a suspended, as of 2006, trackless trolley line. ^[6]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wayne Junction Station
2. ^ SEPTA (July 2005) SEPTA Capital Improvements in the City of Philadelphia. p. 22.PDF
3. ^ SEPTA (May 2006). Annual Service Plan 2007. p. 83PDF
4. ^ SEPTA (Sept. 3, 2006). "SEPTA Bus Route 53"
5. ^ SEPTA (Sept. 3, 2006). "SEPTA Bus Route 23"
6. ^ SEPTA (Sept. 3, 2006). "SEPTA Bus Route 75"

Next station	SEPTA Regional Rail			Next station
To: Center City Temple University		R1 line		To: Glenside Fern Rock T.C.
To: Center City Temple University		R2 line		To: Warminster Fern Rock T.C.
To: Center City Temple University		R3 line		To: West Trenton Fern Rock T.C.
To: Center City North Broad		R5 line		To: Doylestown Fern Rock T.C.
To: Center City Temple University		R7 line		To: Chestnut Hill East Wister
To: Center City Temple University		R8 line		To: Fox Chase Olney