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General information | |||||||||||||
Location | 9 West Evergreen Avenue Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°04′34″N75°12′30″W / 40.0762°N 75.2084°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Chestnut Hill East station ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | 58 Spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | June 11, 1884 [1] | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1918 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | March 22, 1918 [2] | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Chestnut Hill (June 11, 1884–April 1, 1977) [1] [3] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 308 boardings 370 alightings (weekday average) [4] | ||||||||||||
Rank | 88 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Chestnut Hill West station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 9 West Evergreen Avenue in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. It was originally built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad between 1883 and 1884, and later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1918, when the line was electrified, the station was rebuilt to accommodate the upgrade. [5]
The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 11.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday. [6]
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