Villanova (SEPTA NHSL station)
This article is about the station on SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line. For the station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line, see Villanova (SEPTA Regional Rail station).
Villanova | ||||||||||||||||||
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| SEPTA rapid transit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Station Drive & Lancaster Avenue Radnor Township, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′02″N 75°20′39″W / 40.0340°N 75.3441°WCoordinates: 40°02′02″N 75°20′39″W / 40.0340°N 75.3441°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Third rail | |||||||||||||||||
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Villanova Station is an interurban rapid transit station on the SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100). The station is located near the campus of Villanova University in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. Local, Hughes Park Express, and Norristown Express trains stop at Villanova. The station lies 7.0 track miles from 69th Street Terminal. The station has off-street parking available.
Villanova station lies east of the former Strafford Spur, was closed by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad in 1956. Today, the former right-of-way between Strafford and Radnor serves as the P&W Bicycle Trail.
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