Downingtown station

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Downingtown
SEPTA.svg
Downingtown Station Pennsylvania 2018a.jpg
Station with downtown Downingtown in the background
Location159 Viaduct Avenue
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°00′09″N 75°42′37″W / 40.002545°N 75.710363°W / 40.002545; -75.710363
Owned byAmtrak[1]
Operated byAmtrak & SEPTA
Line(s)Keystone Corridor (Main Line)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsSuburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135
Construction
Structure typeEnclosed plexiglas shelters
Parking360 spaces (226 daily, 134 municipal)
Bicycle facilities2 racks (4 spaces)
Other information
Station codeDOW (Amtrak)
Fare zone4 (SEPTA)
History
Opened19th century
Rebuilt1990s
ElectrifiedJanuary 15, 1938[2]
Key dates
February 24, 1992Pennsylvania Railroad depot burned[3]
Passengers
FY 201787,443[4]Increase 12.7% (Amtrak)
2017291[5] (SEPTA weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Coatesville
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service Exton
toward New York
     Pennsylvanian does not stop here
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Thorndale
Terminus
Paoli/​Thorndale Line Whitford
toward Temple University
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Coatesville
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Before 1988
Whitford
Lancaster
toward Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanian Exton
toward New York
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Coatesville
Closed 1996
toward Parkesburg
Parkesburg Line
Discontinued 1996
Whitford
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
toward Chicago
Main Line

Downingtown station is a commuter and intercity passenger rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service and SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. Amtrak's Pennsylvanian does not stop here. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 291, and the average total SEPTA weekday alightings was 312.[5]

History[]

Harrisburg-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train in November 2018

The original Downingtown station was built in the 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early morning of February 24, 1992.[3] The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.[6]

Replacement station[]

The Pennsylvania state department of transportation has proposed building a new train station for Downington "at about a quarter mile south of Lancaster Avenue on Brandywine Avenue/US 322" starting in 2025. [7]

Station layout[]

There is no ticket office at this station. There are 360 parking spaces for daily parking at the station–223 spaces are owned by SEPTA, and the remaining are part of an adjacent municipal lot. This is 32.8 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. Downingtown is the westernmost Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor that is also served by SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale service. Additionally, the SEPTA Route 135 bus serves the station.

Downingtown has two low-level side platforms. A center track is not used for passenger service.

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 2      Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Thorndale (Terminus)
     Keystone Service toward Harrisburg (Coatesville)
     Pennsylvanian does not stop here
No service ← No regular service →
Track 1      Pennsylvanian does not stop here →
     Keystone Service toward Philadelphia or New York (Exton)
     Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Whitford)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
B Underpass Crossunder between platforms

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Pennsy Completes New Electric Link". The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. January 15, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ a b McKinney, Kevin (February 25, 1992). "Blaze Destroys Historic Train Station in Downingtown". The Philadelphia Inquirera. p. B1, B7. Retrieved March 30, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
  6. ^ Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present
  7. ^ Rettew, Bill (2022-02-01). "Start of construction for new Downingtown Train Station set for 2025". Daily Local. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

External links[]

Coordinates: 40°00′09″N 75°42′37″W / 40.002545°N 75.710363°W / 40.002545; -75.710363

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