Berwyn station (SEPTA) explained

Berwyn
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:654 East Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:140 spaces (88 daily, 28 permit, 24 remote permit)
Bicycle:4 racks (8 spaces)
Passengers:363 boardings
329 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1884
Rebuilt:1900[2]
Electrified:September 11, 1915[3]
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Amtrak[4]
Operator:SEPTA
Zone:3
Pass Rank:74 of 146
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Berwyn station is a commuter rail station in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States, served by SEPTA Regional Rail. Located at Cassatt Avenue and Lancaster Pike, it provides service to the western suburbs of Philadelphia. Most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains run through the station.

The station was built in 1884 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and currently houses The Frame Station Gallery, "a full service gallery and framing design center."[5] The station, platforms, and canopy were recently restored. A bridge over the tracks that formerly carried cars on Cassatt Avenue was converted into a pedestrian-only bridge.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays from 5:45 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 140 parking spaces including SEPTA permit parking at the station.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with short lengths of high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. The platforms have bridge plates which allow a wheelchair to cross the gap between the platform and the train when it is stopped at the platform.

This station is 17.5 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 363, and the average total weekday alightings was 329.[6]

Station layout

Berwyn has two partially high-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 24 . March 11, 2022.
  2. http://www.west2k.com/pastations/chester.htm Existing Railroad Stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania
  3. News: Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R. . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 12, 1915 . 4. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor . Federal Railroad Administration . 9 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf . May 21, 2011 .
  5. http://www.framestationgallery.com/ Frame Station gallery website
  6. Web site: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . 43–46 . 2020-12-30 . 2021-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210219194159/http://CustomerService@septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf . dead .