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Villanova station (Norristown High Speed Line)

Coordinates: 40°02′02″N 75°20′39″W / 40.0340°N 75.3441°W / 40.0340; -75.3441
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SEPTA rapid transit
General information
LocationAldwyn Lane & Lancaster Avenue
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°02′02″N 75°20′39″W / 40.0340°N 75.3441°W / 40.0340; -75.3441
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Parking43 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesOne rack
History
ElectrifiedThird rail
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
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Local
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Norristown Express
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Hughes Park Express
  Former services  
Preceding station   Lehigh Valley Transit Company   Following station
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Liberty Bell Limited (service ended 1951)
Preceding station   Philadelphia and Western Railroad   Following station
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Strafford Branch (service ended 1956)
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Villanova station is a SEPTA rapid transit station near the campus of Villanova University in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania. It serves the Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100). Local, Hughes Park Express, and Norristown Express trains stop at Villanova. The station lies 7.0 track miles from 69th Street Terminal. The station has off-street parking available.

Villanova station lies east of the former Strafford Spur, which was closed by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad in 1956. Today, the former right-of-way between Strafford and Radnor serves as the P&W Bicycle Trail.[1]

References

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