Claymont station
Claymont  | |||||||||||||
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| SEPTA Regional Rail station | |||||||||||||
 Claymont station in April 2012, facing south | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Myrtle & Marion Avenues Claymont, Delaware | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°47′51″N 75°27′08″W / 39.7976°N 75.4521°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | DART First State | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  DART First State: 31, 61 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 509 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Closed | 1982–1990[1] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1991[1] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Claymont station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Claymont, Delaware; Amtrak services do not stop here and the station is only served by SEPTA. This station is the first stop in Delaware, continuing towards Wilmington and Newark. It is located at Myrtle & Marion Avenues and includes a 509 space parking lot. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The south end of the station contains a long pedestrian bridge that crosses over Interstate 495 to Governor Printz Boulevard. The former depot, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, burned down on July 25, 1981.[2]
History
Claymont station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a commuter rail stop between Philadelphia and Wilmington. Service passed on to the Penn Central Railroad in 1968 and Conrail in 1976. When SEPTA took over service from Conrail on January 1, 1983, Claymont station was closed as service in Delaware was eliminated.[3] The former station building burned down in the late 1980s. Claymont station reopened to SEPTA service in 1991, with retrofitted bus shelters constructed at the station.[1]
Future
The current Claymont station is slated to be replaced with the Claymont Regional Transportation Center. The new station will be located 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of the current station at the former site of Evraz Claymont Steel, which is being redeveloped into a mixed-use office, commercial, and light industrial development, and will have connections to area roads, public transportation, and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Plans for the new station date back to 2005. On July 29, 2016, the Claymont Regional Transportation Center received a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The new station is projected to cost $40 million and is expected to open in 2020.[4]
Station layout
Claymont has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.
| G | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Wilmington or Newark (Wilmington) |
| Outbound | ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Wilmington or Newark (Wilmington) ← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here |
| Inbound | Northeast Corridor services do not stop here → Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Marcus Hook) → |
| Inbound | Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Marcus Hook) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
References
- ^ a b c "Delaware State Rail Plan" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. 2011. p. 4-6, 4-8. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ "Fire Termed Suspicious Guts Delaware Train Station". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 27, 1981. p. 2B. Retrieved March 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rail Unions Set Strike Deadline". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. February 10, 1983. p. 23. Retrieved October 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "$10 Million TIGER Grant Will Begin Construction of New Claymont Regional Transportation Center" (Press release). DART First State. July 29, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
External links
Media related to Claymont station at Wikimedia Commons
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