Gwynedd Valley station
Gwynedd Valley | |||||||||||||
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Location | 521 Plymouth Road Gwynedd Valley, PA | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°11′06″N 75°15′24″W / 40.1849°N 75.2568°WCoordinates: 40°11′06″N 75°15′24″W / 40.1849°N 75.2568°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | SEPTA Main Line | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
Parking | 118 spaces | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1888 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
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Gwynedd Valley station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, located at the grade crossing of Plymouth Road in Gwynedd Valley (part of Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania), includes a 166-space parking lot. In FY 2013, Gwynedd Valley station had a weekday average of 210 boardings and 237 alightings.[2]
Notes[]
The train station was featured on the cover of the October 7, 1961 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. The cover was painted by Whitpain Township resident John Falter.
Station layout[]
Gwynedd Valley has two low-level side platforms.
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Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Outbound | ← Lansdale/Doylestown Line toward Lansdale, Link Belt, or Doylestown (North Wales) |
Inbound | Lansdale/Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (Penllyn) → |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
Gallery[]
Railroad Bridge over Green Ribbon Trail near Gwynedd Valley station
References[]
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 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. (539 KB)
External links[]
Categories:
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Former Reading Company stations
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Stations on the SEPTA Main Line
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
- Pennsylvania railway station stubs
- SEPTA stubs