Chester Transit Center

Chester TC
Chester Transit Center viewed from the rear of an Amtrak train in January 2016
General information
Location	595 Avenue Of The States Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°50′58″N75°21′36″W / 39.84932°N 75.35988°W / 39.84932; -75.35988
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 37 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119
Construction
Bicycle facilities	10 rack spaces [1]
Accessible	Yes [2]
Other information
Fare zone	3 [2]
History
Opened	1903 (1903)
Electrified	1928 [3]
Previous names	Chester Transportation Center (?–2025)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Highland Avenue toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Eddystone toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Wilmington toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake Philadelphia–30th Street toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Lamokin Street toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Ridley Park toward Philadelphia Lamokin Street toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Eddystone toward Suburban Station Preceding station SEPTA Following station Lamokin Street (Closed 2003) toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Eddystone toward Temple University
Location

The Chester Transit Center is a SEPTA bus and train station in Chester, Pennsylvania. The outside portion of the ground level serves SEPTA City Transit Division Route 37, and Suburban Transit Division Routes 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, and 119.

Above the building of the transit center is the train station. The tracks run over the building. The station is served by the Wilmington/Newark Line. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia.

This station is located at 6th and Welsh Streets.

History

Chester station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1903. While in the 1940s Chester was a common intermediate stop for services between New York and Washington, by the 1970s this was reduced to just one daily train; the station was also served by Amtrak's Chesapeake, which stopped both ways between Philadelphia and Washington during its existence from 1978 through 1983. ^{[4] [5]}

All long-distance services have since stopped calling at Chester. PRR/PC/Conrail local trains to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark continued until SEPTA took them over in 1983.

Station layout

Chester has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

Gallery

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  Stairway to the rail platforms
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  Tunnel under the tracks
• 
  Interior of the station

See also

• New Brunswick station – built according to similar blueprints at about the same time

References

1. "Chester Transit Center". SEPTA . Retrieved July 12, 2023.
2. "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). SEPTA . April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
3. "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. April 30, 1978 Amtrak Timetables
5. 1979 Amtrak Chesapeake timetable Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Chester Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Chester Transit Center
• Original Chester PRR Station
• Welsh Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Avenue of the States entrance from Google Maps Street View