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Glen Riddle station

Coordinates: 39°53′48″N 75°26′11″W / 39.8967°N 75.4363°W / 39.8967; -75.4363
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Glen Riddle
Former train station
File:GRiddle Station.jpg
Former Glen Riddle station site, May 2011.
General information
LocationSouth Pennell Road
Media, Pennsylvania.
Coordinates39°53′48″N 75°26′11″W / 39.8967°N 75.4363°W / 39.8967; -75.4363
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Pennsylvania Railroad, SEPTA R3 West Chester Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1 (formerly 2)
Construction
Structure typedemolished
History
Closed1986
Electrified1928
Services
No services
  Former services  
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
(closed 1986)
Template:SEPTA lines
R5 West Chester
(closed 1986)
PRR
Template:PRR lines

Glen Riddle is a derelict train station located underneath the South Pennell Road (PA-452) overpass in Middletown Twp, Pennsylvania. The station was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's West Chester line. It later became a part of SEPTA's R3 West Chester line.

The station, and all of those west of Elwyn, was closed in September 1986, due to deteriorating track conditions and Chester County's desire to expand facilities at Exton Station on SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. Service was "temporarily suspended" at that time, with substitute bus service provided. Glen Riddle station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.

The station was demolished in the 1990s. Currently, the asphalt platform survives. Re-extension of SEPTA service to Wawa station would pass by the location without stopping, although the Wawa Extension provides for construction of a new Glen Riddle station on the same site if demand warrants it.