49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

49th Street
49th Street
	Entrance to the 49th Street station
Location	49th Street & Chester Avenue; Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°WCoordinates: 39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Route 13 at 49th/Chester; SEPTA City Bus: 64
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
Electrified	December 2, 1928
Services
Former services

49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Elwyn Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.^[2]

The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13 trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system. The trolleys use an alternate track embedded in 49th Street when the tunnels are closed. 49th Street Station is also served by SEPTA bus route 64 which serves 50th and Parkside Avenue going north and Pier 70 Shopping Plaza going south.

The Media/Elwyn line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.^[3]

Station layout[]

49th Street has two low-level side platforms.

G	Street level	Exit/entrance to 49th Street/Chester Avenue and Route 13 trolley
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← Media/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (Angora)
	Inbound	← Media/Elwyn Line toward Temple University (Penn Medicine) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References[]

^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.
^ Peniston, Bradley (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

External links[]

Media related to 49th Street (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

SEPTA: 49th Street Station
Chester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
"Around 49th and Springfield Avenue". 1938 aerial photo of the station and nearly Kingsessing Recreation Center.

[1] "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.

[bernard-3] Peniston, Bradley (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

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Airport	Terminals E & F Terminals C & D Terminal B Terminal A Eastwick Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Chestnut Hill East	Chestnut Hill East Gravers Wyndmoor Mount Airy Sedgwick Stenton Washington Lane Germantown Wister Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street
Chestnut Hill West	Chestnut Hill West Highland St. Martins Allen Lane Carpenter Upsal Tulpehocken Chelten Avenue Queen Lane North Philadelphia 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Cynwyd	Cynwyd Bala Wynnefield Avenue 30th Street Suburban
Fox Chase	Fox Chase Cheltenham Lawndale Olney Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street
Lansdale/Doylestown	Doylestown Delaware Valley University New Britain Chalfont Link Belt Colmar Fortuna 9th Street Lansdale Pennbrook North Wales Gwynedd Valley Penllyn Ambler Fort Washington Oreland North Hills Glenside Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street
Manayunk/Norristown	Elm Street Main Street Norristown Conshohocken Spring Mill Miquon Ivy Ridge Manayunk Wissahickon East Falls Allegheny North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
Media/Elwyn	Elwyn Media Moylan–Rose Valley Wallingford Swarthmore Morton Secane Primos Clifton–Aldan Gladstone Lansdowne Fernwood–Yeadon Angora 49th Street Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Paoli/Thorndale	Thorndale Downingtown Whitford Exton Malvern Paoli Daylesford Berwyn Devon Strafford Wayne St. Davids Radnor Villanova Rosemont Bryn Mawr Haverford Ardmore Wynnewood Narberth Merion Overbrook 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Trenton	Trenton Levittown Bristol Croydon Eddington Cornwells Heights Torresdale Holmesburg Junction Tacony Bridesburg North Philadelphia 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Warminster	Warminster Hatboro Willow Grove Crestmont Roslyn Ardsley Glenside Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction North Broad Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
West Trenton	West Trenton Yardley Woodbourne Langhorne Neshaminy Falls Trevose Somerton Forest Hills Philmont Bethayres Meadowbrook Rydal Noble Jenkintown–Wyncote Elkins Park Melrose Park Fern Rock Wayne Junction Temple University Jefferson Suburban 30th Street Penn Medicine
Wilmington/Newark	Newark Churchmans Crossing Wilmington Claymont Marcus Hook Highland Avenue Chester Eddystone Crum Lynne Ridley Park Prospect Park Norwood Glenolden Folcroft Sharon Hill Curtis Park Penn Medicine 30th Street Suburban Jefferson Temple University
Former stations	52nd Street Allentown Andalusia Auburn Baldwin Barmouth Belle Mead Bethlehem Birdsboro Bound Brook Bryn Athyn Center Valley Cheyney Churchville Coatesville Columbia Avenue County Line Crescentville Darlington DeKalb Street Fellwick Fishers Frankford Junction Franklin Street Fulmor George School Glen Mills Glen Riddle Hamburg Hellertown Holland Hopewell Huntingdon Valley Ivy Rock Lamokin Street Leesport Lenni Locksley Logan Manayunk West Mohrsville Mogees Newark Penn Newtown Nicetown Parkesburg Phoenixville Pottstown Pottsville Quakertown Reading Terminal Royersford Schuylkill Haven Shawmont Shoemakersville Southampton Spring Garden Street Tioga Valley Forge Walnut Hill Wawa West Chester West Chester University Westmoreland Westtown Williamson School Wissinoming