Jenkintown–Wyncote station

Jenkintown–Wyncote
Jenkintown–Wyncote
	Station building located adjacent to inbound platform
General information
Location	2 Greenwood Avenue; Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Neshaminy Line; SEPTA Main Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 77
Construction
Parking	430-space parking lot
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No, planned
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1859 (NPRR)
Rebuilt	March 24, 1932 (Reading)
Electrified	July 26, 1931
Previous names	Jenkintown
Passengers
2017	1,246 boardings; 1,702 alightings; (weekday average)
Rank	9 of 146
Services
Former services
	Jenkintown Wyncote Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°W
Built	1872
Architect	Horace Trumbauer
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Part of	Wyncote Historic District (ID86002884)
NRHP reference No.	14001103
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 29, 2014
Designated CP	October 16, 1986

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 borough 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. Designed by well-known Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, the station remains in use to this day,^[7] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a Regional Rail junction, served by three SEPTA lines (Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton) along with service to and from Philadelphia International Airport. There is a 450-space parking lot.^[8] The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station. In 2024, plans for upgrades to the station were announced.^[9]^[10]

Service

This station is served by the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line.^[11] 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. The ticket office and a small waiting area with heating and air conditioning are on the inbound side, and an unheated indoor waiting area is on the outbound side. Jenkintown's West Avenue runs along the outbound side, and the inbound side of the station borders parking, Ralph Morgan Park, and Glenside Avenue in Wyncote.

Gallery

The station building on the inbound side houses a ticket office and small waiting area. A larger space, formerly a passenger lounge, was most recently a restaurant and is now unoccupied.
Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013
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 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
Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote