Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, with a mailing address in Jenkintown. It is the ninth-busiest station in the regional rail system, and the fourth busiest outside Center City. Despite this, the station is not wheelchair accessible. SEPTA had plans to make the station wheelchair accessible by 2020, but these have not yet been completed.[5]

Station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station was built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad,[6] and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. The 1932-built structure remains to this day,[7] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It currently lies in fare zone 3 and includes a parking lot with 450 spaces.[8] The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line.[9] These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the ninth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the third-busiest outside the City of Philadelphia, with 1,246 average weekday boardings and 1,702 average weekday alightings in FY 2017.

Station layout

Jenkintown–Wyncote has two low-level side platforms connected by a tunnel underneath the tracks.

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Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ←      Airport Line toward Glenside (Terminus)
←      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward Lansdale, Link Belt, or Doylestown (Glenside)
←      Warminster Line toward Glenside or Warminster (Glenside)
←      West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Noble)
Inbound →      Airport Line toward Airport (Elkins Park)→
→      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (Elkins Park) →
→      Warminster Line toward Penn Medicine (Elkins Park) →
→      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Elkins Park) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office

Gallery

  • The structure on the inbound side of the station houses a ticket office and a former restaurant
    The structure on the inbound side of the station houses a ticket office and a former restaurant
  • Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013
    Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013
  • View of Jenkintown–Wyncote station from outbound platform
    View of Jenkintown–Wyncote station from outbound platform
  • A Center City-bound train on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
    A Center City-bound train on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
  • A Warminster-bound train on the Warminster Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
    A Warminster-bound train on the Warminster Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
  • A Center City-bound train on the West Trenton Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
    A Center City-bound train on the West Trenton Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
  • Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote
    Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote

References

  1. ^ "New Jenkintown-Wyncote Station Opens". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 25, 1932. p. 17. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Jenkintown-Wyncote Station | Station & Loop Improvements | Rebuilding For The Future | SEPTA.org". septa.org. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  6. ^ 1892 photos of old Jenkintown NPAA Station by William Henry Jackson
  7. ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  8. ^ "SEPTA. "Jenkintown Station."". Archived from the original on October 2, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
  9. ^ "SEPTA (Mar. 28, 2007). "Combined Timetable."" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2006. (321 KB)

External links

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