Philmont station
{{Short description|Railway station in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania}}
{{for|the former station in New York state|Philmont station (New York Central Railroad)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Philmont
| style = SEPTA
| style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail
| symbol_location = septa
| symbol = septa
| image = Philmont_Station.JPG
| image_caption = Philmont station in August 2006
| address = Tomlinson Road and Philmont Avenue
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006
| coordinates = {{coord|40.1220|-75.0438|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}
| line = Neshaminy Line
| other =
| structure =
| platform = 2 side platforms
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| parking = 250 spaces (164 with permit)
| bicycle =
| passengers = 595 boardings
614 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 =
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1913
| years1 = March 17, 1913
| events1 = Station depot burns{{cite news |title=Philmont Station Burned |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33501177/philmont_station_march_18_1913/ |accessdate=July 3, 2019 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 18, 1913 |page=16|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| electrified = July 26, 1931{{cite news |title=Reading Installs Electric Service |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57809734/reading-electric-july-26-1931/ |accessdate=August 22, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 26, 1931 |page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
| accessible = yes
| code =
| owned = SEPTA
| zone = 3
| former =
| pass_rank = 39 of 146
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=West Trenton|left=Bethayres|right=Forest Hills}}
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=New York Branch|left=Bethayres|right=Forest Hills}}
| mpassengers =
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA|West Trenton}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Philmont station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Tomlinson Road & Philmont Avenue in Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. In FY 2013, Philmont station had a weekday average of 633 boardings and 574 alightings.{{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= 2014-08-12 }} {{small|(539 KB)}} The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. Philmont station was built in 1913 by the Reading Railroad after the previous depot caught fire on March 17 of that year.
Station layout
Philmont has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.
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External links
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- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.121731,-75.045022&spn=0.004061,0.013518&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.121604,-75.04517&panoid=Ed4qTWbmmGNPcGOGiHIQVw&cbp=12,72.24,,0,5.71 Station from Pine Road from Google Maps Street View]
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations}}
Category:SEPTA Regional Rail stations
Category:Former Reading Company stations
Category:Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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