Jenkintown–Wyncote station

Platforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections SEPTA City Bus: 77ConstructionParking430-space parking lotBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleNo, plannedOther informationFare zone3HistoryOpened1859 (NPRR)RebuiltMarch 24, 1932 (Reading)^[1]ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931^[2]Previous namesJenkintownPassengers20171,246 boardings
1,702 alightings
(weekday average)^[3]Rank9 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Elkins Park toward Airport		Airport Line		Glenside Terminus
Elkins Park toward 30th Street Station		Lansdale/​Doylestown Line		Glenside toward Doylestown
Elkins Park toward Penn Medicine		Warminster Line		Glenside toward Warminster
		West Trenton Line		Noble toward West Trenton

Former services

Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Elkins Park toward Philadelphia New York Branch Noble toward Bound Brook Bethlehem Branch Glenside toward Bethlehem Wayne Junction toward Philadelphia New Hope Branch Glenside toward New Hope Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station Wayne Junction toward Philadelphia Philadelphia – Jersey City Local West Trenton toward Jersey City

40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°W / 40.0932000; -75.138000Built1872ArchitectHorace TrumbauerArchitectural styleQueen AnnePart ofWyncote Historic District (ID86002884)NRHP reference No.14001103^[4]Significant datesAdded to NRHPDecember 29, 2014Designated CPOctober 16, 1986

Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown borough and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, with a mailing address in Jenkintown. It is the ninth-busiest station in the regional rail system, and the fourth busiest outside Center City. Despite this, the station is not wheelchair accessible. SEPTA had plans to make the station wheelchair accessible by 2020, but these have not yet been completed.^[5]

Station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station was built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad,^[6] and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. Designed by well-known Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, the station remains in use to this day,^[7] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a Regional Rail junction, served by three SEPTA lines (Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton) along with service to and from Philadelphia International Airport. There is a 450-space parking lot.^[8] The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line.^[9] These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the ninth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the third-busiest outside the City of Philadelphia, with 1,246 average weekday boardings and 1,702 average weekday alightings in FY 2017.

Station layout

Jenkintown–Wyncote has two low-level side platforms connected by a tunnel underneath the tracks. The ticket office and a small waiting area with heating and air conditioning are on the inbound side, and an unheated indoor waiting area is on the outbound side. Jenkintown's West Avenue runs along the outbound side, and the inbound side of the station borders parking, Ralph Morgan Park, and Glenside Avenue in Wyncote.

Gallery

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  The station building on the inbound side houses a ticket office and small waiting area. A larger space, formerly a passenger lounge, was most recently a restaurant and is now unoccupied.
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  Train at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2013
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  View of Jenkintown–Wyncote station from outbound platform
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  A Center City-bound train on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
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  A Warminster-bound train on the Warminster Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
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  A Center City-bound train on the West Trenton Line stops at Jenkintown–Wyncote station in November 2017
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  Honorable Lawrence H. Curry Bridge, spanning the rail lines at Greenwood Avenue and connecting Jenkintown and Wyncote

References

External links

Media related to Jenkintown-Wyncote (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Jenkintown–Wyncote station