Gladstone station (SEPTA)

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Gladstone
SEPTA.svg
GladstoneR3.jpg
LocationWalsh and Madison Roads
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°55′58″N 75°16′56″W / 39.93277°N 75.28218°W / 39.93277; -75.28218Coordinates: 39°55′58″N 75°16′56″W / 39.93277°N 75.28218°W / 39.93277; -75.28218
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone2
History
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[1]
Previous names
  • Kellyville
  • Burmont
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Clifton–Aldan
toward Elwyn
Media/Elwyn Line Lansdowne
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Clifton West Chester Line Lansdowne

Gladstone station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Located at Walsh and Madison Roads, it serves the Media/Elwyn Line. In 2013, it saw 208 boardings and 275 alightings on an average weekday.[2] The station includes a 108-space parking lot, and additional parking can be found on the opposite side of the tracks off Scottdale Road, which itself runs along Darby Creek, both of which are under a train trestle west of the station. Prior to being named Gladstone, this station was known as Burmont, and before that Kellyville.

Station layout[]

Gladstone has two low-level side platforms with a connecting pathway across the tracks.

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Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound      Media/Elwyn Line toward Elwyn (Clifton – Aldan)
Inbound      Media/Elwyn Line toward Temple University (Lansdowne)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance

References[]

  1. ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.

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