Noble station
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 Noble station | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Old York Road & Rodman Avenue Abington Township, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°06′16″N 75°07′29″W / 40.1045°N 75.1247°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 55 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1889 (NPRR) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June–October 1901 (Reading)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[3] | ||||||||||||
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Noble station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Old York Road & Rodman Avenue in the community of Noble in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking. In FY 2013, Noble station had a weekday average of 222 boardings and 252 alightings.[4]
History
Noble station was originally built in 1901 by the Reading Railroad, as a replacement for a former North Pennsylvania Railroad built in 1889 and dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison.[5] It is the last stop inbound before Jenkintown-Wyncote station in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where it merges with the Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines.
Station layout
Noble has two low-level side platforms.
| G | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Rydal) |
| Inbound | West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Jenkintown–Wyncote) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
Gallery
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View of Noble station from outbound platform -
A Center City-bound train stops at Noble station in November 2017
References
- ^ "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. June 7, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. October 22, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
External links
Media related to Noble (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
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