Wyndmoor station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 256 East Willow Grove Avenue at Wyndmoor Street in the Chestnut Hill region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
History
This station can be traced as far back as 1863, with a relocation in 1877. The present station building was built by the Reading Company in 1930, when the line was elevated, and began taking in travelers from the recently closed Mermaid Avenue Reading Station.[2]
The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.0 track miles from Suburban Station.
In 2013, this station saw 471 boardings and 509 alightings on an average weekday.[3] Most regular commuters from Wyndmoor station are from Chestnut Hill and the adjacent Wyndmoor neighborhood, with some also from Erdenheim and Laverock.
References
- ^ "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present". Dan West. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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External links
- SEPTA – Wyndmoor station
- PhillyHistory.org photo taken during line elevation project, October 1930
- Willow Grove Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Wyndmoor Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
