Bristol station (SEPTA)

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Bristol
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SEPTA Bristol station 02.jpg
Train at Bristol station with the historic Grundy Mill Complex in the background
General information
Location790 Washington Street
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°06′18″N74°51′17″W / 40.1049°N 74.8547°W / 40.1049; -74.8547
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Parking294 spaces [2]
Bicycle facilities12 rack spaces [2]
AccessibleNo [1]
Other information
Fare zone4 [1]
History
Opened1911 (1911)
Electrified1930 [3]
Passengers
2017375 boardings, 384 alightings (weekday average) [4]
Rank71 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Croydon Trenton Line Levittown
toward Trenton
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Cornwells Heights
toward Chicago
Main Line Morrisville
Croydon Trenton Line Edgely
toward Trenton

Bristol station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bristol, Pennsylvania. It is located at Beaver and Garden Streets, and serves the Trenton Line. It was built in 1911 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a replacement for an earlier station on Pond and Market Streets. [5] As with many Pennsylvania Railroad stations, the station became a Penn Central station once the New York Central & Pennsylvania Railroads merged in 1968. Amtrak took over intercity railroad service in 1971, but Penn Central continued to serve commuters between Philadelphia and Trenton. Conrail took over commuter service in 1976, and turned the Trenton Line over to SEPTA Regional Rail in 1983.

The station is in zone 4 on the SEPTA Trenton Line, on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and at one time was an Amtrak station as well. [6] In 2004, this station saw 277 boardings on an average weekday. Amtrak does not stop at this station.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Trenton Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Croydon Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  3. "Electric Trains to Run on Phila.-Trenton Line". The Evening Courier . Camden, New Jersey. June 23, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. West, Dan. "Existing Railroad Stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania".
  6. "Amtrak Timetables". Amtrak . May 1, 1971 via Timetables.org.

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