Haverford (SEPTA Regional Rail station)

This article is about the regional railroad station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line. For the station on the SEPTA Norristown High-Speed Line, see Haverford (SEPTA NHSL station).

Haverford

SEPTA regional rail

Haverford station

Location

50 Haverford Station Road
Haverford, PA

Coordinates

40°00′50″N 75°18′01″W / 40.0140°N 75.3003°WCoordinates: 40°00′50″N 75°18′01″W / 40.0140°N 75.3003°W

Owned by

Amtrak^[1]

Operated by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Paoli/Thorndale Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue)

Construction

Parking

169 spaces (80 daily, 89 permit)

Bicycle facilities

3 racks (6 bicycles)

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1880

Electrified

September 11, 1915^[2]

Traffic

Passengers (2011)

375^[3] (weekday boardings)

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA		Following station
Bryn Mawr toward Thorndale		Paoli/Thorndale Line		Ardmore toward Temple University

Haverford is an above-ground commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia on Haverford Station Road in Haverford, Pennsylvania.^[4] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few express runs.

Originally called Haverford College Station, the station house on the north side of the grade was built in 1880 (although some sources claim the origins to be roughly around 1870) by the Wilson Brothers architectural firm for the Pennsylvania Railroad,^[5] and is one of the historic station buildings on this line built before 1930.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 169 parking spaces at the station. This station is 9.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station were 375 and the average total weekday alightings was 416.^[3]

A westbound Paoli Local train at Haverford Station.

References

↑ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains 16 (3): 26.
1 2 "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
↑ Google maps
↑ Existing Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

External links

Media related to Haverford (SEPTA Regional Rail station) at Wikimedia Commons

SEPTA – Haverford Station

Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

Founded 1713

Communities

Educational Institutions

Primary & Secondary Schools	Lower Merion School District Belmont Hills Elementary School Cynwyd Elementary School Gladwyne Elementary School Merion Elementary School Penn Valley Elementary School Penn Wynne Elementary School Bala Cynwyd Middle School Welsh Valley Middle School Harriton High School Lower Merion High School Baldwin School French International School of Philadelphia Friends' Central School Gladwyne Montessori School The Haverford School Merion Mercy Academy Rosemont School of the Holy Child Saint Margaret School Shipley School Torah Academy Waldron Mercy Academy

Colleges and universities	Bryn Mawr College Harcum College Rosemont College St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saint Joseph's University Haverford College

Regional Rail Stations

Medical facilities

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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