Paoli (SEPTA station)
| Paoli Amtrak station SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station |
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| Address | 13 East Lancaster Avenue Paoli, PA, 19301 |
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| Coordinates | 40°02′35″N 75°29′01″W / 40.04295°N 75.4837°WCoordinates: 40°02′35″N 75°29′01″W / 40.04295°N 75.4837°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | SEPTA: Amtrak: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 92, 105, 204, 205, 206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | PAO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 (SEPTA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 161,791[1]  5.6% |
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Paoli Station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at 13 Lancaster Avenue (US 30), Paoli, Pennsylvania. [2] It is served by Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian trains, and most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. The station has a waiting room and a coffee shop.
The SEPTA ticket office and waiting room are open weekdays 5:10 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. excluding holidays, Saturdays 7:50 a.m. to 3:40 p.m., and Sundays 8:25 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.
The Amtrak ticket window is open Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. An Amtrak QuikTrak machine is available when the station is open. There are 176 parking spaces at the station.
This station is 19.9 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2003, an average of 1,462 people boarded the SEPTA train each weekday.
[edit] Future
Plans have been drawn up for an expanded Paoli station on the site of the former Pennsylvania Railroad/Amtrak/SEPTA train shed and repair facility.[3] This facility was contaminated with PCBs; cleanup of the shed property where the future station may stand was completed in 2005 as a Superfund project.
In addition, the proposed light rail Greenline would connect Paoli station with the towns of Phoenixville and Oaks, Pennsylvania.
[edit] References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2011, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. December 2011. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/PENNSYLVANIA11.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Paoli Station (Google Maps)
- ^ http://www.tredyffrin.org/departments/community/planning/paoli-master-plan/ptc.aspx
[edit] External links
- Amtrak – Stations – Paoli, PA
- SEPTA - Paoli Station
- Paoli Transportation Center plan.
- Citizens for the Train; website detailing all aspects of the Greenline project
- Paoli Amtrak-SEPTA Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Station from Valley Road from Google Maps Street View
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