Prospect Park station (SEPTA)

Prospect Park
Prospect Park
	Prospect Park station in June 2014.
Location	735 Maryland Avenue; Prospect Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°53′17″N 75°18′34″W / 39.888114°N 75.309434°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	September 30, 1928
Previous names	Moore Station (????–April 1, 1932)
Services
show Former services

Prospect Park station (also known as Prospect Park–Moore station) is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA serves this station. The station, located at Lincoln and Maryland Avenues in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, includes a 44-space parking lot. Like the nearby Norwood Station, Prospect Park Station is located right next to the town's library, in this case the Prospect Park Public Library. It is also located near the Borough Hall.

Prospect Park station was originally known as Moore station, and was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations, Past & Present website, a property owner named Moore donated the property for this station. He did so, with the "condition" that the station should carry his family name for as long as it exists. The station was renamed to Moore by the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 1, 1932.^[1]

However, that same source indicates that the current station building is not the original PW&B structure. ("...the original PW&B station ... predated the station that still exists"). The current station building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout[]

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

G
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Ridley Park)
	Outbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Ridley Park) ← Amtrak services do not stop here
	Inbound	← Amtrak services do not stop here → ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Norwood) →
	Inbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Norwood) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
^ "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

Media related to Prospect Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
SEPTA - Prospect Park Station
Original Moore's PRR Station Photos
Lincoln Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Station House from Google Maps Street View

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[moore-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. Retrieved December 7, 2015.

[2] "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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