Germantown station (SEPTA)

{{Short description|SEPTA train station in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States}}

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{{Infobox station

| name=Germantown

| style=SEPTA | style2=SEPTA Regional Rail

| symbol_location=septa

| symbol=septa

| image=File:Germantown Station Platform (September 21, 2013).jpg

| image_caption=The outbound platform at Germantown station

| address=120–128 East Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| coordinates={{coord|40.0379|N|75.1720|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

| line=Chestnut Hill East Branch

| other={{bus icon|12px|City Bus}} SEPTA City Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|26|41|K}}

| platform=2 side platforms

| tracks=2

| parking=13 spaces

| bicycle=

| passengers=

| pass_year=

| pass_percent=

| opened=c. 1885

| electrified=February 5, 1933{{cite news |title=New Electric Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57806419/norristown-chestnut-hill-electric/ |accessdate=August 21, 2020 |work=The Scranton Times |date=February 4, 1933 |page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| rebuilt=

| accessible=No

| code=

| owned=SEPTA

| zone= 1

| former=Chelten Avenue

| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Chestnut Hill East|left=Washington Lane|right=Wister}}

| other_services_collapsible=yes

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=Chestnut Hill Branch|left=Walnut Lane|right=Wingohocking}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA|Chestnut Hill East}} |zoom=14 }}

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Germantown station is a SEPTA Regional Rail component in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Chelten Avenue and Baynton Street in the Germantown neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill East Line.

The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 6.8 track miles from Suburban Station.

History

The Germantown railway station has existed since at least 1884 when it could be found in the same place it is today on the Chestnut Hill East line.{{cite web |title=Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and their connections. |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3791p.rr005210/?r=0.655,0.492,0.287,0.163,0 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |access-date=21 July 2022 |location=Philadelphia |date=1884}} It was on SEPTA's R7 line until the regional-rail renaming.

On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $1.9 million rehabilitation effort which included the Germantown station.[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20090529_Many_SEPTA_stations_to_get_makeovers.html Many SEPTA stations to get makeovers.]

In 2013, this station saw 102 boardings and 140 alightings on an average weekday.{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |title=SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |archivedate=2014-08-12 }} {{small|(539 KB)}}

Gallery

File:Germantown_Septa_Station_2.JPG|Germantown station

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