Media station (SEPTA)

{{short description|Rail station in Media, Pennsylvania, US}}

{{distinguish|Media–Orange Street station}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Media

| style = SEPTA

| style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail

| symbol_location = septa

| symbol = septa

| image = Media Station.JPG

| image_caption =

| address = 309 Media Station Road, Media, Pennsylvania 19063

| coordinates = {{coord|39.9139|N|75.3945|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

| other =

| platform = 2 side platforms

| levels =

| tracks = 2

| parking = 231 spaces

| bicycle =

| baggage_check =

| passengers = 512 boardings
492 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 =

| opened = October 19, 1854{{cite news |last1=Jeffries |first1=E. |title=West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93939514/media-october-21-1854/ |access-date=January 31, 2022 |work=The Public Ledger |date=October 21, 1854 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = December 2, 1928{{cite news |title=Electric Trains to Start Sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57805563/wc-electric-november-30-1928/ |accessdate=August 21, 2020 |work=The Chester Times |date=November 30, 1928 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| accessible = yes

| code =

| owned = SEPTA

| zone = 3

| former =

| pass_rank = 48 of 146

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Media/Wawa|left=Elwyn|right=Moylan–Rose Valley}}

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Pennsylvania Railroad|line=West Chester Line|left=Elwyn|right=Moylan–Rose Valley}}

| mpassengers =

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA|Media/Wawa}} |zoom=14 }}

}}

Media station is a SEPTA regional rail station in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,{{cite web|url=http://www.upperprovidence.org/DocumentCenter/View/207/Zoning-Map-PDF|title=Zoning Map|publisher=Upper Providence Township|accessdate=2020-04-23}} - The map indicates the location of the station with "SEPTA".{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/media.html|title=Media|publisher=SEPTA|accessdate=2020-04-23|quote=309 Media Station Road Media, PA 19063}} - Compare with the township map. near Media. It serves the Media/Wawa Line, the former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) West Chester Line. It is located at 301 Media Station Road (Orange Street and Station Road). The station includes a 231-space parking lot. In 2013, this station saw 692 boardings and 533 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. 61 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |archivedate=August 12, 2014 }}

Media station was built in 1960 by the PRR and is located several blocks away from Media–Orange Street station, the terminus of the Route 101 line. However, no direct connection exists between the station and the trolley stop.

Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Media station in 1912 during his first election campaign.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}