Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major

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station along the

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. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of

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borough and the Wyncote neighborhood of

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, 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.

Station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station was built in 1872 by the

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, and replaced in 1932 by the

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. Designed by well-known

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architect

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, the station remains in use to this day, and was listed on the

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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

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. There is a 450-space parking lot. The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station. In 2024, plans for upgrades to the station were announced.

Service

This station is served by the

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, and

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. 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

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s 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

File:Jenkintown Station view.JPG, 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. File:SEPTA 290 at Jenkintown, November 2013.jpg, Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013 File:Jenkintown-Wyncote PA SEPTA station from outbound platform November 2017.jpg, View of Jenkintown–Wyncote station from outbound platform File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station inbound Doylestown train November 2017.jpg, A Center City-bound train on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017 File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station outbound Warminster train November 2017.jpg, A Warminster-bound train on the Warminster Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017 File:Jenkintown-Wyncote SEPTA station inbound West Trenton train November 2017.jpg, A Center City-bound train on the West Trenton Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017 File:Greenwood Avenue Bridge, Jenkintown-Wyncote, PA 01.jpg, Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkintown-Wyncote (SEPTA station) SEPTA Regional Rail stations

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