Manayunk (SEPTA station)

Manayunk SEPTA regional rail
Out-of-service Manayunk West station, October 19, 2010. Trackage (formerly in center) was dismantled in June 2010 for the Ivy Ridge Trail. Active Manayunk Station behind (out of sight)
Station statistics
Address	4402 Cresson Street (Cresson & Carson) Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.0269°N 75.2253°W / 40.0269; -75.2253
Lines	Manayunk/Norristown Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Parking	no
Other information
Owned by	SEPTA
Fare zone	2
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Wissahickon toward 30th Street Station Manayunk/Norristown Line Ivy Ridge toward Elm Street, Norristown Ivy Ridge (closed 1986) Terminus Cynwyd Line Ivy Ridge Barmouth toward Suburban Station

Manayunk is a station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown rail line. It is located at Cresson and Carson Streets in the Manayunk neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The current station was built by the Reading Company in 1930 as part of a grade-separation project which eliminated running down the middle of Cresson Street. Despite the station building's suboptimal passenger location on the outbound side (going away from Center City Philadelphia), it is open for ticket sales on weekday mornings.

The line near Manayunk station serves as part of the border for the Manayunk Main Street Historic District, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993.

Manayunk West station

As with Ivy Ridge, a second station (also named Manayunk originally) served Manayunk by way of the Cynwyd Line until September 1986. While the current station is along the line of the former Reading Company, the station on the foot of the massive Pencoyd Viaduct (northwest of the current station, and located on the corner of Dupont and High Streets) was part of the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) side of the line. It was the final station on the ex-PRR line (Schuylkill Branch) from 1960 to 1980. Designated by SEPTA as West Manayunk and then Manayunk West, it was discontinued when the line was cut back to its present terminus in Cynwyd.

External links

• SEPTA – Manayunk Station (Official site)
• Gay Street entrance from Google Maps Street View