Wynnewood (SEPTA station)

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Wynnewood
SEPTA regional rail
Station statistics
Lines
R5
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Electrified 1915
Owned by SEPTA
Fare zone 2
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Thorndale
R5
toward Doylestown

Wynnewood Station is an above-ground commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Wynnewood & Penn Roads, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096 [1]. It is served by most R5 Paoli-Thorndale trains with the exception of a few express runs.

The station is one of the historic station buildings on this line built before 1930.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:10 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 116 parking spaces at the station.

This station is 7.4 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2003, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 659.

The station now also houses a coffee shop named Quaker Coffee.

Barack Obama held a rally at the station, drawing a crowd of 6,500 on April 19, 2008 several days before the Democratic Primary in Pennsylvania.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wynnewood on Google Maps

Coordinates: 40.003482° N 75.273581° W

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