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This article is about the train station. For the bus terminal, see Exton Transportation Center.

Exton station is a train station in Exton, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia.[5] It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains and one daily eastbound Pennsylvanian trip, as well as SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 627, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 522.[6]

History

In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan.[7] The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

Station layout

There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station is not located within the built-up portion of the community; it is merely a park-and-ride station along PA 100, near the highway's interchange with U.S. Route 30. There are 643 parking spaces at the station. Parking was last expanded in late 2009.

Exton has two high-level side platforms. A center track is occasionally used for Norfolk Southern freight trains passing through the station.

Gallery

  • Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Exton station in November 2018
    Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Exton station in November 2018
  • New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at Exton station in November 2018
    New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at Exton station in November 2018
  • Pittsburgh-bound Amtrak Pennsylvanian passes Exton station while a New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at the station in November 2018
    Pittsburgh-bound Amtrak Pennsylvanian passes Exton station while a New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at the station in November 2018
  • High platform being installed in 2018
    High platform being installed in 2018
  • Exton station sign
    Exton station sign
  • Newly installed waiting area
    Newly installed waiting area
  • Station facing west
    Station facing west
  • Old station prior to 2018 remodel
    Old station prior to 2018 remodel

References

  1. ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Exton Train Station Shuttle Bus".
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Google Maps
  6. ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
  7. ^ "Exton Station Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2014.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exton_station_(Pennsylvania)