Gwynedd Valley station

Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Penllyn
toward 30th Street Station
Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Wales
toward Doylestown
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Penllyn
toward Philadelphia
Bethlehem Branch North Wales
toward Bethlehem

The Gwynedd Valley station is a transit station which is located on the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, which is situated at the grade crossing of Plymouth Road in Gwynedd Valley (part of Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania), includes a 166-space parking lot.

In FY 2013, Gwynedd Valley station had a weekday average of 210 boardings and 237 alightings.[2]

Notes

The train station was featured on the cover of the October 7, 1961 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. The cover was painted by Whitpain Township resident John Falter.

Station layout

Gwynedd Valley has two low-level side platforms.


Gallery

  • Railroad Bridge over Green Ribbon Trail near Gwynedd Valley station
    Railroad Bridge over Green Ribbon Trail near Gwynedd Valley station

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. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)

External links

  • SEPTA – Gwynedd Valley station
  • December 28, 2001 Bob Vogel Photo(NYC Subways.org)
  • Station from Plymouth Road from Google Maps Street View