Forest Hills station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located on Byberry Road near Philmont Avenue, it serves the West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. The station has off-street parking and a handicapped-accessible platform. In FY 2013, Forest Hills station had a weekday average of 434 boardings and 326 alightings.[3]
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 Forest Hills station in August 2006 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 299 Byberry Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19116 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′40″N 75°01′15″W / 40.1277°N 75.0209°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 84 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 155 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 367 boardings 378 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 73 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Station layout
editForest Hills has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.
References
edit- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 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. (539 KB)
External links
edit- SEPTA – Forest Hills station
- Station from Byberry Road from Google Maps Street View
- The former Forest Hills Reading Station (Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
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