Bryn Mawr station (SEPTA Regional Rail)
{{Short description|SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania}}
{{About|the SEPTA Regional Rail station|the SEPTA Metro station|Bryn Mawr station (SEPTA Metro)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Bryn Mawr
| style = SEPTA
| style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail
| symbol_location = septa
| symbol = septa
| image = File:Bryn Mawr station.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = 54 North Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
| coordinates = {{coord|40|01|19|N|75|18|57|W|type:railwaystation_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| line = Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
| other = {{bus icon|12px}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|105|106}} (on Lancaster Avenue)
| structure =
| platform = 2 side platforms
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4
| parking = 254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters)
| bicycle = 9 racks (24 spaces)
| passengers = 937 boardings
930 alightings
(weekday average){{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=SEPTA | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=24 | access-date=March 11, 2022}}
| pass_year = 2017
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1963
| electrified = September 11, 1915{{cite news |title=Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57807526/paoli-electric-september-12-1915/ |access-date=August 22, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=September 12, 1915 |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| accessible = No
| code =
| owned = Amtrak{{cite web|url=http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf |title=Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor |publisher=Federal Railroad Administration |access-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf |archivedate=May 21, 2011 }}
| operator = SEPTA
| zone = 3
| former =
| pass_rank = 18 of 146
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|left=Rosemont|right=Haverford}}
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Amtrak
|line=Keystone Service|left=Radnor|right=Ardmore|note-mid=Before 1988|to-right=Suburban Station
|system11=Pennsylvania Railroad
|line11=main|left11=St. Davids|right11=Haverford
|line12=Paoli Line|left12=Rosemont|right12=Haverford
}}
| mpassengers =
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA|Paoli/Thorndale}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Bryn Mawr station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues.[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Morris+%26+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Bryn+Mawr,+PA&hl=en Google maps] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains.
The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 937 and the average total weekday alightings was 930.{{cite web |url=https://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |title=Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan |publisher=SEPTA |pages=43–46 |access-date=2020-12-30 |archive-date=2021-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219194159/http://CustomerService@septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }}
History
The original station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and built in 1869 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant.
The interlocking tower was placed in service on August 11, 1895, but suffered a fire in 1994 and its duties were transferred to Paoli Tower.{{cite web|url=https://www.redoveryellow.com/position-light/Amt_Diagrams/WH-tower.html|title=Bryn Mawr interlocking machine}}{{cite web|url=http://position-light.blogspot.com/2012/03/today-in-our-continuing-study-of-active.html|title=PHOTOS: PAOLI Interlocking|date=22 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://position-light.blogspot.com/2012/05/prr-main-line-survey-2010-part-13-paoli.html|title=PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 13 (PAOLI to PENN)|date=22 May 2012}}
The original substation constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913–1915 at the station was part of a project to electrify the line between Broad Street Station in Philadelphia and Paoli Station and was the first catenary electrification project done by the Pennsylvania Railroad.{{cite web|url=http://michaelfroio.com/blog/2015/8/25/the-paoli-local-100-years-of-electrification|title=The Paoli Local: 100 Years of Electrification on the Pennsylvania Railroad|date=11 September 2015 }}{{cite journal | title=The Electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Terminal, Philadelphia, to Paoli | journal=The Electric Journal | location=Pittsburgh, PA | publisher=The Electric Journal Co. | volume=XII | issue=12 | date=December 1915 | pages=536–541}} The substation has since been relegated to switching duties.{{cite web|url=https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/news/height-of-poles-safety-are-concerns-at-amtrak-meeting-more-sessions-scheduled-tonight-and-june/article_365ed7b2-d936-5f82-8f38-a795c3ec33ce.html|title=Height of poles, safety are concerns at Amtrak meeting; more sessions scheduled tonight and June 6}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It was proposed in 2013 that this substation be replaced as part of a larger project, but that was rejected by local government.
A train crash occurred at the station on May 18, 1951, injuring 63 and killing 8.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/19/archives/8-killed-63-hurt-as-flyer-on-prr-rips-halted-train-red-arrow.html|work=The New York Times|title=8 KILLED, 63 HURT, AS FLYER ON P.R.R. RIPS HALTED TRAIN|date=19 May 1951|access-date=15 September 2020}} There is also an interlocking tower and an interlocking at this station.{{cite web|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/railroads/files/interlocking_towers_on_amtrak.pdf|title=Interlocking Towers on Amtrak's Right-of-Way in Pennsylvania}}
Station layout
Bryn Mawr has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks. It also contains a tunnel below the tracks connecting the two platforms.
Image gallery
File:Bryn Mawr Station.jpg|The original Gothic revival station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963.
File:Bryn Mawr, by Purviance, W. T. (William T.).jpg|Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, New York Public Library.
Image:Bryn Mawr Station 1875.JPG|Bryn Mawr station as it appeared circa 1875.
File:Bryn Mawr Station 2011.jpg|Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian passes on Track 3.
File:BRYN MAWR-substation.jpg|Old substation built for the 1915 electrification project at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Outdoor yard is an addition.
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External links
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- {{HABS |survey=PA-1081 |id=pa0622 |title=Pennsylvania Railroad Bryn Mawr Station, Bryn Mawr and Morris Avenues, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, PA |photos=5 |data=5 |supp=yes}}
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