Exton station (Pennsylvania)

Exton
Exton
	Eastbound Amtrak Keystone Service train arriving in September 2021
Location	425 Walkertown Road, Exton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°01′10″N 75°37′18″W / 40.0195°N 75.6218°WCoordinates: 40°01′10″N 75°37′18″W / 40.0195°N 75.6218°W
Owned by	Amtrak
Operated by	Amtrak & SEPTA
Line(s)	Keystone Corridor (Main Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135; WCU shuttle
Construction
Parking	643 spaces (555 daily, 88 permit)
Bicycle facilities	4 racks (8 spaces)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	EXT (Amtrak)
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Whiteland
Passengers
FY 2017	151,346 11.7% (Amtrak)
2017	627 (SEPTA weekday boardings)
Services
Former services

Exton station is a train station in Exton, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia.^[5] It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains and one daily eastbound Pennsylvanian trip, as well as SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 627, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 522.^[4]

History[]

In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan.^[6] The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

Station layout[]

There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station is not located within the built-up portion of the community; it is merely a park-and-ride station along PA 100, near the highway's interchange with U.S. Route 30. There are 643 parking spaces at the station. Parking was last expanded in late 2009.

Exton has two high-level side platforms. A center track is occasionally used for Norfolk Southern freight trains passing through the station.

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 4	← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Thorndale (Whitford) ← Keystone Service toward Harrisburg (Downingtown) ← Pennsylvanian does not stop here
	No service	← No regular service →
	Track 1	← Pennsylvanian toward New York (Paoli) → ← Keystone Service toward Philadelphia or New York (Paoli) → ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Malvern) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, parking

Gallery[]

Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Exton station in November 2018
New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at Exton station in November 2018
Pittsburgh-bound Amtrak Pennsylvanian passes Exton station while a New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at the station in November 2018
High platform being installed in 2018
Exton station sign
Newly installed waiting area
Station facing west
Old station prior to 2018 remodel

References[]

^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ "Exton Train Station Shuttle Bus".
^ "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
^ Google Maps
^ "Exton Station Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2014.

External links[]

Media related to Exton station (Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

[2] "Exton Train Station Shuttle Bus".

[3] "Amtrak State Fact Sheet, FY2017, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

[passenger-4] "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.

[5] Google Maps

[6] "Exton Station Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2014.

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v t West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Neighborhoods	Exton CDP Whitford Glenloch (partial)
Shopping	Exton Square Mall Main Street at Exton
Education	West Chester Area School District Church Farm School Chester County Library System
Attractions	Zook House Jacob Zook House Ship Inn Whitford Lodge Williams Deluxe Cabins
Transportation	SEPTA and Amtrak station
While all of the Exton census-designated place is in West Whiteland Township, there are areas with Exton postal addresses that are not in the CDP and are not in the township.