Queen Lane station

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Queen Lane
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Location5319 Wissahickon Avenue and 2903 Queen Lane
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19144
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: K
Construction
Parking56 spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone1
ElectrifiedMarch 22, 1918[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Chelten Avenue Chestnut Hill West Line North Philadelphia
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Chelten Avenue Chestnut Hill Line

Queen Lane station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 5319 Wissahickon Avenue facing West Queen Lane, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line.

The station is 7.4 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2004, this station saw 470 boardings on an average weekday. It was built for the Philadelphia, Germantown & Chestnut Hill Railroad, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in 1885 to a design by Washington Bleddyn Powell.[2]

Station layout[]

G Street level Exit/entrance, parking, overpass
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound      Chestnut Hill West Line toward Chestnut Hill West (Chelten Avenue)
Inbound      Chestnut Hill West Line toward Temple University (North Philadelphia)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References[]

  1. ^ "Electric Train Has Trial Trip". The Harrisburg Telegraph. March 23, 1918. p. 10. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 200. ISBN 978-0471143895.

External links[]

Coordinates: 40°01′24″N 75°10′41″W / 40.0233°N 75.1781°W / 40.0233; -75.1781

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