Wayne Junction (SEPTA station)

Preceding station	SEPTA	Following station
Temple University toward 30th Street Station	Chestnut Hill East Line	Wister toward Chestnut Hill East
Temple University toward 30th Street Station	Fox Chase Line	Olney toward Fox Chase
North Broad toward 30th Street Station	Lansdale/Doylestown Line	Fern Rock toward Doylestown
Temple University toward University City	Warminster Line	Fern Rock toward Warminster
Temple University toward University City	West Trenton Line	Fern Rock toward West Trenton

Wayne Junction is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located at 4481 Wayne Avenue, extending along Windrim Avenue to Germantown Avenue, bordering the Nicetown and Germantown neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1]

1 Station
2 Service
3 History
4 References
5 External links

Station

The station building was originally constructed in 1881 and rebuilt in 1900, with Frank Furness as the architect. An old post card once boasted that "more trains stop here than at any other station in the world."^[2] The station, located in fare zone one, does have a sales office but lacks any dedicated parking spaces.^[1] Wayne Junction is currently 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.^[3]^[4]

In FY 2005, Wayne Junction station had a weekday average of 740 boardings and 597 alightings.^[5]

Service

The Chestnut Hill East Line line joins the SEPTA Main Line at Wayne Junction. Wayne Junction is the last station before the Fox Chase Line splits off the SEPTA Main Line, at Newtown Junction. Additionally, Wayne Junction is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line on the SEPTA Main Line.

History

For most of the first half of the 20th Century, Wayne Junction served as the Reading Railroad's counterpart to the Pennsylvania Railroad's North Philadelphia Station. It served a very busy and prosperous business and residential area, drawing from North Philadelphia, Nicetown, Tioga, Logan, Germantown and other points. In addition to the extensive commuter network, service was provided by the Reading Railroad on a regular basis to New York via the Jersey Central and to Bethlehem and beyond on the Lehigh Valley Railroad to Upstate New York and Toronto. Beginning in the 1890s, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger trains between Washington and New York City, including its famed Royal Blue, also stopped at Wayne Junction, using Reading and Jersey Central rails north of Philadelphia.^[6] Until the B&O discontinued passenger service on the line in April, 1958, it provided regular service to Washington with through sleepers to the West, including Chicago, St. Louis, and Los Angeles on such trains as the Capitol Limited and National Limited.^[7] The station provided a baggage room and lunch room, as well as the usual telegraph office. The surrounding neighborhood was a busy shopping area and provided additional services.

References

^ ^a ^b Wayne Junction Station
^ Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
^ SEPTA (July 2005) SEPTA Capital Improvements in the City of Philadelphia. p. 22.PDF (1.96 MiB)
^ "Wayne Junction Station Entrance Closure Beginning Monday, December 5, 2011". SEPTA Alerts & Advisories. SEPTA. http://www.septa.org/alert/lan.html. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
^ SEPTA (May 2006). Annual Service Plan 2007. p. 83PDF (539 KiB)
^ Stover, John F. (1987). History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press. pp. 172–176. ISBN 0-911198-81-4.
^ Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co.. February 1956. pp. 412–418.

External links

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SEPTA

City Transit Division	Market–Frankford Line • Broad Street Line • Subway–Surface Trolley Lines (Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36) • Route 15 • Trackless trolleys • City surface routes

Suburban Division	Norristown High Speed Line • Routes 101 and 102 • Suburban bus routes

Regional Rail	Main Line • Airport Line • Chestnut Hill East Line • Chestnut Hill West Line • Cynwyd Line • Fox Chase Line • Lansdale/Doylestown Line • Manayunk/Norristown Line • Media/Elwyn Line • Paoli/Thorndale Line • Trenton Line • Warminster Line • West Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark Line

Major stations	Frankford Transportation Center • Fern Rock Transportation Center • Market East Station • Norristown Transportation Center • Olney Transportation Center • Suburban Station • 30th Street Station • 69th Street Transportation Center

Former services	Route 6 trolley • Route 23 trolley • Route 56 trolley • Route 60 trolley • Elwyn-West Chester service • Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service • Fox Chase Rapid Transit Line • SEPTA diesel service

Mass transit in the Delaware Valley

Transit buses	SEPTA: Philadelphia • Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties Pottstown: Pottstown Area Rapid Transit Reading: Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority New Jersey Transit: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service • Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service • Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia DART First State: New Castle County

Commuter rail	SEPTA Regional Rail: Airport Line • Chestnut Hill East Line • Chestnut Hill West Line • Cynwyd Line • Fox Chase Line • Lansdale/Doylestown Line • Manayunk/Norristown Line • Media/Elwyn Line • Paoli/Thorndale Line • Trenton Line • Warminster Line • West Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark Line New Jersey Transit: Atlantic City Line • ACES

Rapid transit and light rail	SEPTA: Broad Street Line • Market–Frankford Line • Norristown High Speed Line • Subway–Surface trolleys • Route 15 • Routes 101 and 102 Delaware River Port Authority: PATCO Speedline New Jersey Transit: River Line Other: Greenline (proposed)

Related Organizations	Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission • Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition (PA-TEC) • National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP) • Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers (DVARP)