Wister (SEPTA station)

Wister
SEPTA regional rail station
Wister station in September 2013. A mural depicting "Wister Station" is visible on the right-side wall,
Location	Ashmead & Rubicam Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Coordinates	40°02′10″N 75°09′41″W / 40.0362°N 75.1615°W / 40.0362; -75.1615Coordinates: 40°02′10″N 75°09′41″W / 40.0362°N 75.1615°W / 40.0362; -75.1615
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Chestnut Hill East Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: J
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1932
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Wayne Junction toward 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Line Germantown toward Chestnut Hill East

Wister Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at Ashmead and Rubicam Streets in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is named after the nearby Wister Street.

The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 6.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 55 boardings and 70 alightings on an average weekday. ^[1]

Reading Railroad built Wister Station in 1932, and it is the last stop inbound on the Chestnut Hill East Line (toward Central Philadelphia) before Wayne Junction Station, where that line merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Fox Chase Lines.

References

External links

• SEPTA - Wister Station
• Station from Google Maps Street View