Hatboro station

40°10′32″N 75°06′11″W / 40.1756°N 75.1030°W / 40.1756; -75.1030Owned bySEPTALine(s)Warminster BranchPlatforms1 side platformTracks1ConstructionParking175 spacesAccessibleNoOther informationFare zone3HistoryOpened1871RebuiltDecember 1934–June 1, 1935^[1]^[2]ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931^[3]Passengers2017500 boardings
530 alightings
(weekday average)^[4]Rank51 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Willow Grove toward Penn Medicine		Warminster Line		Warminster Terminus
Fulmor Closed 1996 toward Penn Medicine		Warminster Line		Warminster Terminus

Former services

Preceding station	Reading Railroad			Following station
Fulmor toward Philadelphia		New Hope Branch		Warminster toward New Hope

Hatboro station is a rail station on SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line, formerly the Reading Railroad's New Hope Branch, in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and once terminus for electrified MUs.^{[clarification needed]} Electrification was extended to Warminster in 1974. Current trains stopping at Hatboro station are the SEPTA Silverliner IV and the SEPTA Silverliner V. The station is located at the intersection of Byberry Road and Penn Street. The station features a passing siding for handling multiple trains as well as a 100-space parking lot. The current brick construction station stands at 20' x 55' and was built in 1935. An original wood construction freight station was completed in 1871 but no longer stands at the site.

Description

Hatboro station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. Hatboro station has a parking lot with 100 spaces, with a remote parking area across Byberry Road that contains 75 spaces. Both parking lots charge $1 a day.^[5] Parking is also provided at the Hatboro Municipal Parking Lot across Moreland Avenue, which has 93 spaces and charges $1 a day.^[5]^[6]

Train service at Hatboro station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south to Center City Philadelphia and north one stop to its terminus at Warminster. Hatboro station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the Center City Commuter Connection tunnel and become Airport Line trains, providing service to the Philadelphia International Airport.^[7] In FY 2013, Hatboro station had a weekday average of 457 boardings and 430 alightings.^[8]

References

Reading Railroad History site

^ "Station for Hatboro". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 23, 1934. p. 60. Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Local Flashes". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. June 3, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved July 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "Non-SEPTA parking for Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "Warminster Line schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)