Swarthmore station
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| Location | 2 South Chester Road (PA 320), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°54′08″N 75°21′04″W / 39.902221°N 75.350985°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA Suburban Bus: 109 | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 19, 1854[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 2, 1928[3] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Westdale | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 790 boardings 825 alightings (weekday average)[4] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 23 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Swarthmore station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Located on Chester Road between downtown Swarthmore and Swarthmore College, it serves the Media/Wawa Line.
In 2013, this station saw 765 boardings and 699 alightings on an average weekday.[5] Dollar-a-day parking and permit parking are available. It is the first outward-bound Zone 3 station from the central Philadelphia stations. It is the busiest station on the Media/Wawa Line outside of Center City. The adult fare to and from Central Philadelphia is currently $5 during off-peak hours, with an additional $2 surcharge assessed for those who buy a ticket on the train, regardless of whether the ticket window is open.
The ticket office is located on the inbound side of the tracks in a building used otherwise by Swarthmore College and the Chester Children's Chorus. The building was originally built in 1880 by the Pennsylvania Railroad[6] and formerly held the Jumping Cow cafe. Swarthmore's main street, Chester Road, has passed under the station since 1931. Before Swarthmore College was opened, the station was known as Westdale.[7]
Station layout
Swarthmore has two low-level side platforms.
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Side platform, doors will open on the right 
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| Outbound | ← Media/Wawa Line toward Wawa (Wallingford) |
| Inbound | Media/Wawa Line toward Temple University (Morton) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right
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| Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
Bibliography
- Westcott, Thompson (1875). The Official Guide Book to Philadelphia. A New Handbook for Strangers and Citizens. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porter and Coates. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
References
- ^ Jeffries, E. (October 21, 1854). "West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad". The Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 4. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Henderson, Robert (February 8, 1856). "Public Sale of Very Desirable Real Estate". The Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 3. Retrieved February 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – 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.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Westcott 1875, p. 176.
External links
Media related to Swarthmore station at Wikimedia Commons
- Swarthmore Station | SEPTA
- Images of the original Pennsylvania Railroad Station in Swarthmore
- Station from Google Maps Street View
