Highland Avenue (SEPTA station)

Highland Avenue

The station at Highland Avenue in April 2012 on the Newark-bound platform. The Commodore Barry Bridge is visible in the distance.

Location

Highland Avenue (US 13) & 6th Street
Chester, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

39°50′01″N 75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°WCoordinates: 39°50′01″N 75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°W

Owned by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Wilmington/Newark Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113

Construction

Parking

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

Electrified

1928

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA	Following station
Marcus Hook toward Newark		Wilmington/Newark Line	Chester toward Temple University
Marcus Hook toward Newark		Wilmington/Newark Line	Lamokin Street (closed 2003) toward Temple University
	Former services
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marcus Hook toward Wilmington		Wilmington Line	Lamokin Street toward Suburban Station

Not to be confused with Highland station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill West line.

For the NJ Transit Rail station, see Highland Avenue (NJT station).

Highland Avenue is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, one of two stations in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.

Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester, Chester Transportation Center. The site of PPL Park, the home venue of soccer team Philadelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transportation Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.

In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to PPL Park.^[1]

References

↑ "Study: Build train station closer to Chester’s waterfront," by Jeff Wolfe (Delaware County Daily Times: Sunday, August 14, 2011)

External links

Girls on the platform at Highland Avenue station in the mid-1970s

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