Bryn Mawr station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

This article is about the SEPTA Regional Rail station. For other uses, see Bryn Mawr Station (disambiguation).

Bryn Mawr
General information
Location	54 North Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°01′19″N75°18′57″W / 40.02194°N 75.31583°W / 40.02194; -75.31583
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 : 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue)
Construction
Parking	254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters)
Bicycle facilities	9 racks (24 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1869 [2]
Rebuilt	1963
Electrified	September 11, 1915 [3]
Passengers
2017	937 boardings 930 alightings (weekday average) [4]
Rank	18 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Rosemont toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Haverford toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Radnor toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Before 1988 Ardmore toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station St. Davids toward Chicago Main Line Haverford toward New York or Exchange Place Rosemont toward Paoli Paoli Line Haverford toward Suburban Station

Bryn Mawr station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues. ^[5] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 937 and the average total weekday alightings was 930. ^[6]

History

The original station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and built in 1869 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant. ^[2]

The interlocking tower was placed in service on August 11, 1895 but suffered a fire in 1994 and its duties were transferred to Paoli Tower. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

The original substation constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913–1915 at the station was part of a project to electrify the line between Broad Street Station in Philadelphia and Paoli Station and was the first catenary electrification project done by the Pennsylvania Railroad. ^{[10] [11]} The substation has since been relegated to switching duties. ^[12] It was proposed in 2013 that this substation be replaced as part of a larger project, but that was rejected by local government. ^[12]

A train crash occurred at the station on May 18, 1951 injuring 63 and killing 8. ^[13] There is also an interlocking tower and an interlocking at this station. ^[14]

Station layout

Bryn Mawr has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks. It also contains a tunnel below the tracks connecting the two platforms.

Image gallery

• 
  The original Gothic revival station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963.
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  Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, New York Public Library.
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  Bryn Mawr station as it appeared circa 1875.
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  Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian passes on Track 3.
• 
  Old substation built for the 1915 electrification project at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Outdoor yard is an addition.

References

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 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 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. Google maps
6. "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
7. "Bryn Mawr interlocking machine".
8. "PHOTOS: PAOLI Interlocking". 22 March 2012.
9. "PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 13 (PAOLI to PENN)". 22 May 2012.
10. "The Paoli Local: 100 Years of Electrification on the Pennsylvania Railroad". 11 September 2015.
11. "The Electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Terminal, Philadelphia, to Paoli". The Electric Journal. XII (12). Pittsburgh, PA: The Electric Journal Co.: 536–541 December 1915.
12. "Height of poles, safety are concerns at Amtrak meeting; more sessions scheduled tonight and June 6".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "8 KILLED, 63 HURT, AS FLYER ON P.R.R. RIPS HALTED TRAIN". The New York Times. 19 May 1951. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
14. "Interlocking Towers on Amtrak's Right-of-Way in Pennsylvania" (PDF).

External links

• SEPTA – Bryn Mawr station
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1081, " Pennsylvania Railroad Bryn Mawr Station, Bryn Mawr and Morris Avenues, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, PA ", 5 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material