Wilmington/Newark Line

The line north of Wilmington was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The original alignment was opened January 17, 1838, and on November 18, 1872 a realignment opened north of Chester (part of the old route is now used for the Airport Line). South of Wilmington the line was built by the Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad and opened July 31, 1837. The Pennsylvania Railroad obtained control in the early 1880s, and kept it until 1968, when it merged into Penn Central. In 1976 Conrail took over, and SEPTA took over in 1983.

Electrified service was opened between Philadelphia and Wilmington on September 30, 1928. Electrified operation was extended to Newark and beyond to Washington, DC on February 10, 1935.

Only weekday peak trains run to Newark. About half the trains on weekends terminate at Marcus Hook. Service in Delaware is funded in part by the Delaware Department of Transportation.

Most weekday Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark trains operate through the Center City tunnel to and from the Temple University (a few continue to/from Norristown). On weekends Marcus Hook/Wilmington trains run through to and from Norristown line points.

Name change

On July 25, 2010 SEPTA renamed the service from the R2 Newark to the Wilmington/Newark Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines. This also ended the combined R2 Newark/R2 Warminster service.

Station list

The Wilmington/Newark Line trains make the following station stops, after leaving 30th Street Station:

Fare zone	Milepost	Station name	Boardings	County	City	Notes
C	0.9	University City	2365	Philadelphia		Splits from Airport Line and Media/Elwyn Line
2	6.1	Darby	93	Delaware	Darby
2	6.8	Curtis Park	100		Sharon Hill
2	7.2	Sharon Hill	119		Sharon Hill	Near Sharon Hill (SEPTA Route 102 station)
2	7.7	Folcroft	174		Folcroft
2	8.3	Glenolden	223		Glenolden
2	9.0	Norwood	220		Norwood
2	9.5	Prospect Park	221		Prospect Park
3	10.4	Ridley Park	248		Ridley Park
3	11.2	Crum Lynne	92		Ridley Park
3	12.3	Eddystone	58		Eddystone
3	13.4	Chester	303		Chester
4	15.5	Highland Avenue	84		Chester
4	17.1	Marcus Hook	464		Marcus Hook
4	19.6	Claymont	555	New Castle	Claymont, DE
4	26.8	Wilmington	848		Wilmington, DE	Amtrak station
5	32.5	Churchmans Crossing	295		Newark, DE	Also known as Fairplay, rush hour service only
5	38.7	Newark	332		Newark, DE	Limited Northeast Regional service, rush hour service only

A midday weekday shuttle bus is run by DART First State between Wilmington and Newark, charging train fares.

Fiscal year	Average weekday	Annual passengers
FY 2010	9,274	2,541,095^[1]
FY 2009	9,230	2,529,112^[2]
FY 2008	9,856	2,700,500^[3]
FY 2005	6,681	1,842,696
FY 2004	7,146	2,005,818
FY 2003	7,519	1,767,700
FY 2001	n/a	1,843,000
FY 2000	n/a	1,872,000
FY 1999	n/a	1,674,000
FY 1997	n/a	1,736,322
FY 1996	n/a	1,781,775
FY 1995	6,878	1,848,873
FY 1994	6,435	1,694,315
FY 1993	6,261	1,701,754
Note: n/a = not available

References

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Northeast Corridor services

Inter-city

Amtrak	Acela Express • Northeast Regional • New Haven – Springfield Shuttle • Cardinal • Carolinian • Crescent • Keystone • Palmetto • Pennsylvanian • Silver Meteor • Silver Star • Vermonter

NJ Transit	Atlantic City Express Service

Commuter

MBTA	Providence/Stoughton Line

CDOT	Shore Line East

Metro-North	New Haven Line

NJ Transit	Northeast Corridor Line • North Jersey Coast Line

SEPTA	Trenton Line • Wilmington/Newark Line

MARC	Penn Line

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)

Wilmington/Newark Line

Contents

Route

Name change

Station list

References

External links