Allen Lane station

Allen Lane

SEPTA regional rail

Allen Lane station during construction of the high-level platforms

Location

200 West Allens Lane
Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA

Coordinates

40°03′27″N 75°11′42″W / 40.0575°N 75.1950°WCoordinates: 40°03′27″N 75°11′42″W / 40.0575°N 75.1950°W

Owned by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Chestnut Hill West Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Construction

Parking

6 spaces

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1880

Electrified

1918

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA	Following station
St. Martins toward Chestnut Hill West		Chestnut Hill West Line	Carpenter toward Temple University
	Former services
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Martins toward Chestnut Hill		Chestnut Hill Line	Carpenter toward Suburban Station
Germantown Road toward White Marsh		Fort Washington Branch	Terminus

Allen Lane station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 200 West Allens Lane in the Mount Airy neighborhood and serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. The station building was built circa 1880, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. Like many in Philadelphia, it retains much of its Victorian/Edwardian appearance. The High Point Cafe is in the station building.

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 10.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In fiscal 2012, this station saw 307 boardings on an average weekday.

The name: "Allen" vs "Allen’s" vs "Allens"

Allen Lane station got its name from the adjoining street, Allens Lane, which was named for William Allen, a prominent man of colonial-era Pennsylvania. His estate, Mount Airy (from which the surrounding Mount Airy neighborhood got its name), was at the top of the hill where Allens Lane meets Germantown Avenue. (The site is now the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia). Since at least the 19th century, there has been variation in the lane's name between "Allen", "Allen’s", and "Allens". Today, through maps and signage, the names have reached a level of written codification that leaves the lane's name written consistently as "Allens" and the station's name written consistently as "Allen". Colloquially, the Allen/Allen’s/Allens variation persists in local speech, such as when train conductors sometimes announce the stop with the genitive inflection. The non-genitive variation that became the codified station name may have been reinforced by a timetable printer's error—the Pennsylvania Railroad's timetables were printed by the firm of Allen, Lane & Scott.

Restoration and renovation

The Allen Lane station in October 2012 after construction of the high level platforms.

Allen Lane Station underwent a two-phase restoration and renovation project in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first phase of work on the historic station building and shelters was completed in September 1999. The second phase, which included the construction of high level platforms, a rebuilt pedestrian overpass, and ramps for handicapped access, was completed in 2011.

External links

Media related to Allen Lane (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

SEPTA – Allen Lane Station
Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Old Allen Lane PRR Station photo
- 2005 Rob Mandeville photo
Allens Lane entrance from Google Maps Street View
Station House from Google Maps Street View

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 Airport Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill West Cynwyd Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Manayunk/Norristown Media/Elwyn Paoli/Thorndale Trenton Warminster West Trenton Wilmington/Newark
Major stations	Chester Exton Frankford Fern Rock Jefferson King of Prussia Norristown Olney Suburban West Chester 30th Street 69th Street Arrott
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 Bethlehem Line Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service Elwyn-West Chester 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 Krapf's Transit Philadelphia PHLASH Pottstown Pottstown Area Rapid Transit Reading Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority West Chester-Coatesville-Exton-Downingtown Transportation Management Association of Chester County NJ 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 NJ 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 NJ Transit River Line Proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro (cancelled) Greenline (cancelled) Glassboro–Camden Line Camden-Philadelphia BRT

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