Somerton station

40°07′51″N 75°00′44″W / 40.1307°N 75.0121°W / 40.1307; -75.0121Owned bySEPTALine(s)Neshaminy LinePlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 58ConstructionParking201 spacesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone3HistoryElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931^[1]Passengers2017724 boardings
627 alightings
(weekday average)^[2]Rank29 of 146 Services

Preceding station	SEPTA			Following station
Forest Hills toward Penn Medicine		West Trenton Line		Trevose toward West Trenton

Former services

Preceding station	Reading Railroad			Following station
Forest Hills toward Philadelphia		New York Branch		Trevose toward Bound Brook

Somerton station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Bustleton and Philmont Avenues in the Somerton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In FY 2013, Somerton station had a weekday average of 676 boardings and 714 alightings.^[3] The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. There is also a handicapped-accessible platform.

Station layout

Somerton has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.

Gallery

View of Somerton station from outbound platform

References

^ "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.
^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)