Philmont station
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| Location | Tomlinson Road & Philmont Avenue Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′19″N 75°02′38″W / 40.1220°N 75.0438°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 250 spaces (164 with Permit) | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 1913 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
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| March 17, 1913 | Station depot burns[2] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 595 boardings 614 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 39 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Philmont station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Tomlinson Road & Philmont Avenue in Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. In FY 2013, Philmont station had a weekday average of 633 boardings and 574 alightings.[4] The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. Philmont station was built in 1913 by the Reading Railroad after the previous depot caught fire on March 17 of that year.[2]
Station layout
Philmont has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Forest Hills) |
| Inbound | West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Bethayres) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office |
References
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Philmont Station Burned". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 18, 1913. p. 16. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
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