Miquon (SEPTA station)
Miquon | |||||||||||
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 The station at Miquon | |||||||||||
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River & Manor Roads Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 230 spaces | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||
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Miquon is a rail station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line in southeastern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Miquon station is the first station on the line to be located outside of Philadelphia. In FY 2013, Miquon station had a weekday average of 483 boardings and 452 alightings.[1]
The station, located at River and Manor Roads, is adjacent to a large office park (River Park I and II) which was redeveloped from a former paper mill in 1999.[2][3] As of April 2013, parking includes about 60 spaces adjacent to the tracks along River Road, and 170 spaces in the River Park II lot; the latter lot has been shrinking in size due to the expansion of a private school (AIM Academy) which leased most of the River Park II complex beginning in 2011.[4]
The station building on the outbound side is leased to an outside party and does not currently sell tickets. There is a shelter on the inbound side; connecting the two platforms is an official pedestrian crossing.
Miquon is expected to become a temporary turnback point for trains at times when the line is flooded by the Schuylkill River around Spring Mill and Conshohocken. A new remotely controlled interlocking has been built near the station for this purpose, as part of a project to install a modern cab signal system on the line.[5]
References
- ↑ SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62 PDF (539 KB)
- ↑ "River Park I". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "River Park II". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "State of the School Report: Winter 2013". AIM Academy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Manayunk/Norristown Line Shuttle Busing: An Explanation". SEPTA. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
External links
- SEPTA – Miquon Station
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Miquon Station House 2000 image by Mark Lehman (Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
Coordinates: 40°03′31″N 75°15′59″W / 40.0587°N 75.2665°W