Berwyn station (SEPTA)

Berwyn
General information
Location	654 East Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°02′53″N75°26′34″W / 40.0480°N 75.4428°W / 40.0480; -75.4428
Owned by	Amtrak [1]
Operated by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus : 106
Construction
Parking	140 spaces (88 daily, 28 permit, 24 remote permit)
Bicycle facilities	4 racks (8 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1884
Rebuilt	1900 [2]
Electrified	September 11, 1915 [3]
Passengers
2017	363 boardings 329 alightings (weekday average) [4]
Rank	74 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Daylesford toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Devon toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Paoli toward Chicago Main Line Wayne toward New York or Exchange Place Daylesford toward Paoli Paoli Line Devon toward Suburban Station
Location

Berwyn station is a commuter rail station in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, United States, served by SEPTA Regional Rail. Located at Cassatt Avenue and Lancaster Pike, it provides service to the western suburbs of Philadelphia. Most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains run through the station.

The station was built in 1884 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and currently houses The Frame Station Gallery, "a full service gallery and framing design center." ^[5] The station, platforms, and canopy were recently restored. A bridge over the tracks that formerly carried cars on Cassatt Avenue was converted into a pedestrian-only bridge.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays from 5:45 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 140 parking spaces including SEPTA permit parking at the station.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with short lengths of high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. The platforms have bridge plates which allow a wheelchair to cross the gap between the platform and the train when it is stopped at the platform.

This station is 17.5 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 363, and the average total weekday alightings was 329. ^[6]

Station layout

Berwyn has two partially high-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notes

1. "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. Existing Railroad Stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
5. Frame Station gallery website
6. "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 43–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.

Further reading

• Goshorn, Bob. "The Berwyn Railroad Station". Tredyffrin Easttown History Quarterly. 27 (1). Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society: 3–6.
• "Then… and Now Berwyn Train Station" (PDF). Tredyffrin Easttown History Quarterly. 46 (2). Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society.

External links

Media related to Berwyn station (SEPTA) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Berwyn station
• Station House from Google Maps Street View