Elkins Park station is a

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station located in the

Elkins Park Elkins Park is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is split between Cheltenham and Abington Townships in the northern suburbs outside of Philadelphia, which it borders along Cheltenham Avenue rough ...

neighborhood of

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. The station building is listed on the

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for its notable architecture. The station is located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Spring Avenue. Elkins Park station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line.

Station history

The station was constructed in 1898 by

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, at a cost of $40,000. On May 14, 1899, the station opened to

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad The Reading Company ( ) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railro ...

train service. 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 The Queen Anne style of British architecture refers to either the English Baroque architecture of the time of Queen Anne (who reigned from 1702 to 1714) or the British Queen Anne Revival form that became popular during the last quarter of th ...

of the station resulted in the station being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The station has low-level, non-handicapped accessible,

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s. In FY 2013, Elkins Park station had a weekday average of 632 boardings and 599 alightings.

Service

Elkins Park station is located along one of SEPTA's main rail lines. The station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the

Warminster Line The Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster (SEPTA station), Warminster, and Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia. Half of the route is s ...

, limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the

West Trenton Line The West Trenton Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service connecting Center City Philadelphia to the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, New Jersey. Route The West Trenton Line connects Center City Philadelphia with the West Trenton ...

, and limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the

Lansdale/Doylestown Line The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown (SEPTA station), Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Until 1981, SEPTA diesel service, diesel-powered tr ...

Station layout

Elkins Park has two low-level

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References

External links

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Historic and more recent Elkins Park Station images

Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Reading Company stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1899 Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 1899 establishments in Pennsylvania Stations on the SEPTA Main Line