St. Davids station

This article is about one of the stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For the similarly named station in UK, see Exeter St Davids railway station.
St. Davids
SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station

The Saint Davids station, facing east, including the tracks and the inbound and outbound platforms
Location 85 Chamounix Road
(at Lancaster Avenue)
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Coordinates 40°02′38″N 75°22′25″W / 40.0439°N 75.3735°W / 40.0439; -75.3735Coordinates: 40°02′38″N 75°22′25″W / 40.0439°N 75.3735°W / 40.0439; -75.3735
Owned by Amtrak[1]
Operated by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Paoli/Thorndale Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105
Construction
Parking 107 spaces (57 daily, 50 public daily)
Bicycle facilities 4 racks (14 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1890[2]
Electrified September 11, 1915[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 258[4] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Thorndale
Paoli/Thorndale Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Paoli
Paoli Line
Preceding station   Philadelphia and Western Railroad   Following station
next west
toward Strafford
P&W Strafford Branch
Strafford Branch (service ended 1956)
next east
toward 69th Street

St. Davids is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at the intersection of Chamounix Road & Glynn Lane, Wayne, Pennsylvania.[5] Named for the nearby historic Episcopal church, the station is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. There is no ticket office at this station. There are 107 parking spaces at the station.

St. Davids Station is 13.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station, and was originally built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station depot was demolished in 1966 and replaced with the existing structure.[6] In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 258, and the average total weekday alightings was 267.[4]

There is currently an ongoing effort to raise funding for a planned restoration of the station shelters to their original 19th-century condition. This restoration includes replacing later woodwork that utilized simple designs not matching original specifications, return of cast-iron Pennsylvania Railroad station signage, and repainting the station shelters to historically accurate colors.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.
  4. 1 2 "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Google Map of Saint Davids Stataion location
  6. ↑ Yanosey, Robert (2009). Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color. Volume 3: Philadelphia Division. Scotch Plains, New Jersey: Morning Sun Books, Inc. p. 96. ISBN 1582482551.
  7. ↑ "What We're Doing". Friends of St. Davids Station. Retrieved 2013-01-18.

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