Elkins Park (SEPTA station)

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Elkins Park
SEPTA regional rail

Elkins Park Station, from the intersection of Park and Spring Avenues

Station statistics

Address

7879 Spring Avenue
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027

Lines

Connections

SEPTA Bus Route 28

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Parking

59 space parking lot

Other information

Electrified

1931

Owned by

SEPTA

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station	SEPTA	Following station
Melrose Park toward Airport Terminals	R1	Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Glenside
Melrose Park toward Newark	R2	Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Warminster
Melrose Park toward Elwyn	R3	Jenkintown-Wyncote toward West Trenton
Melrose Park toward Thorndale	R5	Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Doylestown

Elkins Park is a SEPTA Regional Rail located in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and is along the SEPTA Main Line. The station builing is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its notable architecture. The stations is located in at the intersection of Park Avenue and Spring Avenues. Elkins Park station is served by the R1, R2, R3, and R5 Regional Rail lines.

1 Station
2 Service
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Station

The station was constructed in 1898 by Cope & Stewardson, for a cost of $40,000. ^[1] Originally, it was known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Elkins Railroad Station, but has also been known as Elkins Park Station and Ashbourne Station. The Queen Anne Style architecture of the station resulted in the station being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[2]

The station is composed of low-level, non handicapped accessible, railway platforms. In FY 2005, Elkins Park station had a weekday average of 445 boardings and 422 alightings. ^[3]

[edit] Service

Elkins Park Station is located along the SEPTA Main Line. Elkins Park station is served by most R1 trains to Philadelphia International Airport, although half of peak hour and midday weekday trains terminate at Temple University station, below Elkins Park . The station is also served by numerous R2 Warminster line and R3 West Trenton line trains, especially on Weekends, when all R2 and R3 trains stop at Elkins Park Station. On Weekdays, certain R5 Lansdale-Doylestown trains stop at Elkins Park, as well. ^[4]

In addition to Regional Rail trains, SEPTA bus route 28 also serves Elkins Park Station. ^[5]