Melrose Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. Located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines.
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| Location | 800 Valley Road Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 19027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°03′34″N 75°07′45″W / 40.0595°N 75.1293°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | SEPTA Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | SEPTA City Bus: 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 185 space parking lot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Oak Lane[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 507 boardings 301 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 50 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station
editIn June 2005, SEPTA completed a $5,336,000 project to upgrade Melrose Park station, including the installation of high-level, fully handicap accessible, platforms.[4]
In FY 2013, Melrose Park station had a weekday average of 458 boardings and 481 alightings.[5]
Service
editThe station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the Warminster Line, limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the West Trenton Line, and limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[6]
Station layout
editMelrose Park has two high-level side platforms.
References
edit- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "SEPTA (July 2006) SEPTA Capital Improvements in Montgomery County. p. 22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. (2.39 MB)
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
- ^ "Glenside Combined schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
External links
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