Overbrook station is a

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station on the

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, located near 63rd Street and City Line Avenue (

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) in the Overbrook neighborhood of

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. It serves many of the residents of Overbrook Farms and the suburban neighborhoods across City Avenue in neighboring Montgomery County, as well as

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and Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. Overbrook has two low-level

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s with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

History

The current station building was constructed around 1860 on the inbound (eastbound) side. The station, platforms, and canopies were restored from 1999 to 2003 in a $9.1 million project. A smaller shelter serves westbound passengers.

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served Overbrook with some westbound ''

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'' trips until 1987. In 2009, the station was the site of a fire involving a Budd Silverliner II electric multiple unit catching fire due to a faulty heater.

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* * SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia Stations on the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860 Former Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania Overbrook, Philadelphia Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses 1860 establishments in Pennsylvania {{SEPTA-stub