Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County,

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

Jenkintown Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Center City Philadelphia. History The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler. Jenkintown is located just ...

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 North Pennsylvania Railroad, and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. The 1932-built structure remains to this day, and was listed on the

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in 2014. It currently lies in fare zone 3 and includes a parking lot with 450 spaces. The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, 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.

Gallery

File:Jenkintown Station view.JPG, The structure on the inbound side of the station houses a ticket office and a former restaurant 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, Greenwood Avenue Bridge

References

External links

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

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Former Reading Company stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872 Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Stations on the SEPTA Main Line