Bethayres station

40°07′00″N 75°04′07″W / 40.1166°N 75.0687°W / 40.1166; -75.0687Owned bySEPTALine(s)Neshaminy LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConnectionsCity Bus SEPTA City Bus: 24, 88ConstructionParking333 spaces (93 with Permit)AccessibleYesOther informationFare zone3HistoryElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931[1]Passengers2017636 boardings
630 alightings
(weekday average)[2]Rank35 of 146 Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Meadowbrook
toward Penn Medicine
West Trenton Line Philmont
toward West Trenton
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Meadowbrook
toward Philadelphia
New York Branch Philmont
toward Bound Brook

Bethayres station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bethayres, Pennsylvania. It is located at Station Avenue and Old Welsh Road and serves the West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. Bethayres station was originally built in 1876 by the Reading Railroad.[3] The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. There is also a handicapped-accessible platform. In FY 2013, Bethyares station had a weekday average of 578 boardings and 553 alightings.[4] Bethayres is the last boarding stop for AM peak service express trains to Philadelphia and the first discharge stop for PM peak service express trains from Philadelphia.

Station layout

Bethayres has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.

References

  1. ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)

External links

Media related to Bethayres (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

  • SEPTA – Bethayres station
  • Station from Huntingdon Pike from Google Maps Street View
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