Elkins Park (SEPTA station)

Infobox Station
name=Elkins Park
type=SEPTA regional rail


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image_caption=Elkins Park Station, from the intersection of Park and Spring Avenues
address=7879 Spring Avenue
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027
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other=SEPTA Bus Route 28
platform=2 side platforms
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tracks=2
parking=59 space parking lot
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opened=1898(or 1899) [ [http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm Existing Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania] ]
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electrified=1931
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Elkins Park is a SEPTA Regional Rail located in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and is along the SEPTA Main Line. The station builing is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its notable architecture. The stations is located in at the intersection of Park Avenue and Spring Avenues. Elkins Park station is served by the R1, R2, R3, and R5 Regional Rail lines.

tation

The station was constructed in 1898 by Cope & Stewardson, for a cost of $40,000. [ "Ceremony Marks Elkins Park SEPTA Station Improvements; Station Houses Top, Hispanic-Owned Architectural Firm" PR Newswire. (May 15, 1997).] Originally, it was known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Elkins Railroad Station, but has also been known as Elkins Park Station and Ashbourne Station. The Queen Anne Style architecture of the station resulted in the station being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [ [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Montgomery/state.html National Register of Historic Places: Pennsylania - Montgomery County (scroll down) (accessed August 3, 2006)] ]

The station is composed of low-level, non handicapped accessible, railway platforms. In FY 2005, Elkins Park station had a weekday average of 445 boardings and 422 alightings. [ PDFlink| [http://www.septa.org/inside/reports/ASP2007.pdf SEPTA (May 2006). "Annual Service Plan 2007." p. 83] |539 KB ]

ervice

Elkins Park Station is located along the SEPTA Main Line. Elkins Park station is served by most R1 trains to Philadelphia International Airport, although half of peak hour and midday weekday trains terminate at Temple University station, below Elkins Park . The station is also served by numerous R2 Warminster line and R3 West Trenton line trains, especially on Weekends, when all R2 and R3 trains stop at Elkins Park Station. On Weekdays, certain R5 Lansdale-Doylestown trains stop at Elkins Park, as well. [PDFlink| [http://www.septa.org/service/sched/pdfs/Glenside.pdf SEPTA (September 7, 2008). "Combined Timetable."] |321 KB]

SEPTA City Buses

*Route 28 [PDFlink| [http://www.septa.org/service/sched/pdfs/bus_1_40/028.pdf SEPTA (August 31, 2008). "SEPTA Bus Route 28."] |121 KB]

References

External links

* [http://www.septa.org/maps/click_map/elkins_park.html SEPTA - Elkins Park Station]
* [http://www.west2k.com/papix/elkinspark.jpgHistoric and more recent Elkins Park Station images]