Chestnut Hill West station

40°04′34″N 75°12′30″W / 40.0762°N 75.2084°W / 40.0762; -75.2084Owned bySEPTAPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections Chestnut Hill East station
SEPTA City Bus: 23, 77, L
SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94, 97ConstructionParking58 SpacesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone2HistoryOpenedJune 11, 1884; 139 years ago (1884-06-11)^[1]Rebuilt1918; 106 years ago (1918)ElectrifiedMarch 22, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-03-22)^[2]Previous namesChestnut Hill (until 1977)Passengers2017308 boardings
370 alightings
(weekday average)^[3]Rank88 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Terminus		Chestnut Hill West Line		Highland toward Temple University

Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Terminus Chestnut Hill Line Highland toward Suburban Station

Chestnut Hill West station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 9 West Evergreen Avenue in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. It was originally built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad between 1883 and 1884, and later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1918, when the line was electrified, the station was rebuilt to accommodate the upgrade.^[4]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 11.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday.^[5]

SEPTA Bus connections

SEPTA City Buses

• Routes 23, 77, and L

SEPTA Suburban Buses

• Routes 94 and 97

References

External links

• Media related to Chestnut Hill West (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Chestnut Hill West station
• 2005 Rob Mandeville Photo
• Chestnut Hill West Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)
• Station House from Google Maps Street View