Villanova station (SEPTA Metro)

{{Short description|SEPTA Metro station in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania}}

{{About|the SEPTA Metro station|the SEPTA Regional Rail station|Villanova station (SEPTA Regional Rail)}}

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{{Infobox station

| name={{SEPTA Metro infobox header|M|Villanova}}

| style=SEPTA Metro

| image= Villanova Station.jpg

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| address=Aldwyn Lane & Lancaster Avenue
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates={{coord|40.0340|-75.3441|type:railwaystation_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}}

| other={{bus icon|12px|Suburban Bus}} SEPTA Suburban Bus: {{SEPTA bus link|106}}

| structure=

| platform=2 side platforms

| depth=

| levels=

| tracks=2

| parking=43 spaces

| bicycle= One rack

| passengers=

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| opened=1907{{cite book |title=American Street Railway Investments |date=1907 |publisher=McGraw Publishing Company |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KB84AQAAMAAJ}}

| closed=

| rebuilt=

| electrified=Third rail

| accessible=No

| code=

| owned={{ric|SEPTA}} SEPTA

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| former=

| services= {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA Metro

|line1=M1 adj|left1=Radnor|right1=Stadium}}

| other_services_header=Former services

| other_services_collapsible=yes

| other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=Lehigh Valley Transit Company

|line1=Liberty Bell|left1=Radnor|right1=Stadium–Ithan Avenue|note-mid1=Until 1951

|system2=Philadelphia and Western Railroad

|line2=Strafford Branch|left2=Radnor|right2=Stadium–Ithan Avenue|note-mid2=Until 1956

}}

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| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA Metro|M}} |zoom=15 }}

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Villanova station is a SEPTA Metro rapid transit station near the campus of Villanova University in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=https://www.radnor.com/DocumentCenter/View/1221/Township-Map-PDF|title=Township Map|publisher=Radnor Township|access-date=2019-09-01}} It serves the Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100). All trains stop at Villanova. The station lies {{convert|7|mi||adj=pre|track}} from 69th Street Transit Center. The station has off-street parking available.

Villanova station lies east of the former Strafford Spur, which was closed by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad in 1956. The former right of way between Strafford and Radnor serves as the P&W Bicycle Trail.{{Cite web|url=http://www.traillink.com/trail/radnor-trail.aspx|title = Radnor Trail | Pennsylvania Trails | TrailLink}}