Downingtown (SEPTA station)

Downingtown
Amtrak station
SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station
Downingtown; Amtrak station; SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station
	; One of Downingtown Station's two platforms. On this side of the tracks, the trains travel East towards Whitford Station.
Station statistics
Address	West Lancaster & Stuart Avenues; Downingtown, PA 19335
Coordinates	40°00′09″N 75°42′37″W / 40.002545°N 75.710363°W
Lines	SEPTA: R5 Amtrak: Keystone Service Pennsylvanian
Connections	Krapf Transit Route "A" Bus; TMACC Beeline Bus
Structure	Enclosed plexiglas shelters
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Parking	362 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	19th century
Rebuilt	1990s
Code	DOW
Owned by	Amtrak
Fare zone	5 (SEPTA)
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	50,255 ▲ 32.4%
Services

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Downingtown Station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335. It is served by Amtrak Keystone Service, Amtrak Pennsylvanian, and SEPTA R5 Thorndale trains.

The original Downingtown Station was built in 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early 1990s. The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.^[1]

There is no ticket office at this station, so all passengers buy their tickets on board or in advance. There are 362 parking spaces at the station. This station is in SEPTA fare zone 5, and is 32.8 track miles from Suburban Station. Downingtown is the western-most Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor that is also serviced by SEPTA's R5 Thorndale service. Additionally, the Krapf Transit Route "A" and TMACC Beeline buses serve the station.