St. Martins (SEPTA station)

St. Martins

SEPTA regional rail

Location

7915 St. Martins Lane
Philadelphia, PA, 19118

Owned by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Chestnut Hill West Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Parking

76 spaces

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1883

Electrified

1918

Previous names

Wissahickon Heights Station (1883–1906)^[1]

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA	Following station
Highland toward Chestnut Hill West		Chestnut Hill West Line	Allen Lane toward Temple University
	Former services
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chestnut Hill Terminus		Chestnut Hill Line	Allen Lane toward Suburban Station

Saint Martins Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 311 West Springfield Avenue near the intersection of West Willow Grove and Seminole Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This station was known as Wissahickon Heights Station from 1883 to 1906. The station building was built in 1883, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. The station and adjoining St Martins/St Martin's Lane take their present name from the Church of Saint Martin in the Fields, which stands a few hundred feet to the west.

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 10.9 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2004, this station saw 215 boardings on an average weekday.

The station serves numerous Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside School students daily. It is also a contributing property of the Chestnut Hill Historic District.

The bridge that carries Willow Grove Avenue over the tracks was under repair from Fall 2005 to late Summer 2006, and has a 3-ton weight limit. It is currently scheduled for replacement in 2016.^[2]

References

↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
↑ "MPMS #76870: Willow Grove Avenue Bridge over SEPTA R8 Rail Line (page 228)" (PDF). DVRPC FY 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program for Pennsylvania. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

External links

Coordinates: 40°03′57″N 75°12′17″W / 40.0658°N 75.2046°W / 40.0658; -75.2046

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 (Routes 59, 66, and 75) 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 Jefferson 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 50 trolley Route 53 trolley Route 56 trolley Route 60 trolley Route 103 trolley Route 104 trolley Elwyn-West Chester service Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service Fox Chase Rapid Transit Line

Miscellaneous	Roosevelt Boulevard Subway SEPTA Transit Police Silverliner Station lists Regional Rail Ex-Regional Rail Rapid transit Trolley and Interurban Swampoodle Connection

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 Atlantic and Cape May County local service Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia Long-distance routes from Atlantic City DART First State Kent County 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

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 Proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro (cancelled) Greenline (cancelled) Glassboro–Camden Line Camden-Philadelphia BRT

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