Penllyn station is a station situated in the village of Penllyn, Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is served by the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, located at the intersection of Old Penllyn Pike and Pen-Ambler Road, includes a 55-space parking lot and also provides a connection to SEPTA Bus Route 94.
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Location | Old Penllyn Pike & Pen-Ambler Road Penllyn, PA | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°10′11″N 75°14′39″W / 40.1697°N 75.2441°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | SEPTA Main Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94 | ||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
Parking | 55 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
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Penllyn station was built in 1930 by the Reading Railroad. In the mid-1990s, the building served as the headquarters of fast-growing online music retailer CDNow. In FY 2013, the station had a weekday average of 216 boardings and 182 alightings.[2]
Station layout
editPenllyn has two low-level side platforms.
References
edit- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)