Highland Avenue station (SEPTA)

Highland Avenue
The station at Highland Avenue in April 2012 on the Newark-bound platform. The Commodore Barry Bridge is visible in the distance.
Location	Highland Avenue (US 13) & 6th Street Chester, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°50′01″N 75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°W / 39.8337; -75.3929Coordinates: 39°50′01″N 75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°W / 39.8337; -75.3929
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
Electrified	September 30, 1928[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Marcus Hook toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Chester T.C. toward Temple University Lamokin Street (closed 2003) toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Marcus Hook toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Lamokin Street toward Suburban Station

Highland Avenue station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, one of two stations in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.

Highland Avenue station in the mid-1970s

Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester, Chester Transportation Center. The site of Subaru Park, the home venue of soccer team Philadelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transportation Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.

In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to Subaru Park.^[2]

Station layout[]

Highland Avenue has two low-level wooden side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References[]

External links[]

• SEPTA – Highland Avenue Station
• Highland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View