Overbrook station

39°59′23.5″N 75°14′59.5″W / 39.989861°N 75.249861°W / 39.989861; -75.249861Owned byAmtrak^[1]Operated bySEPTALine(s)Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)Platforms2 side platformsTracks4Connections SEPTA City Bus: 65, GConstructionParking162 spaces (112 daily, 50 permit)AccessibleYesOther informationFare zone2HistoryOpened1860Rebuilt1999–2003ElectrifiedSeptember 11, 1915^[2]Passengers2017774 boardings
717 alightings
(weekday average)^[3]Rank26 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Merion toward Thorndale		Paoli/​Thorndale Line		30th Street Station toward Temple University

Former services

Preceding station SEPTA Following station Merion toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line 52nd Street closed 1980 toward Temple University Preceding station Amtrak Following station Narberth toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Before 1988 Philadelphia–30th Street toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Merion toward Paoli Paoli Line 52nd Street toward Suburban Station

Overbrook station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line, located near 63rd Street and City Line Avenue (US 1) in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves many of the residents of Overbrook Farms and the suburban neighborhoods across City Avenue in neighboring Montgomery County, as well as Saint Joseph's University and Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. Overbrook has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

History

The current station building was constructed around 1860 on the inbound (eastbound) side. The station, platforms, and canopies were restored from 1999 to 2003 in a $9.1 million project. A smaller shelter serves westbound passengers.

Amtrak served Overbrook with some westbound Keystone Service trips until 1987.^[4]

In 2009, the station was the site of a fire involving a Budd Silverliner II electric multiple unit catching fire due to a faulty heater. ^[5]

References

External links

Media related to Overbrook (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Overbrook station