Claymont station

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Claymont
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Claymont SEPTA station December 2023.jpeg
Claymont station in December 2023
General information
Location4500 Philadelphia Pike
Claymont, Delaware
Coordinates 39°48′15″N75°26′46″W / 39.80426°N 75.44601°W / 39.80426; -75.44601
Owned by DART First State
Line(s) Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg DART First State: 13, 61
Aiga bus trans.svg SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113
Construction
Parking807 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities9 rack spaces [2]
AccessibleYes [3]
Other information
Fare zone4 [3]
History
Closed1983–1990 [4]
Rebuilt1990, 2023
Passengers
2017534 boardings, 608 alightings (weekday average) [5]
Rank45 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Wilmington
toward Newark
Wilmington/​Newark Line Marcus Hook
toward Temple University
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Edge Moor
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line Naaman
toward Suburban Station
Location
Claymont station

Claymont station (also known as Claymont Transportation Center and Harris B. McDowell III Transportation Center) is a station on the Northeast Corridor in Claymont, Delaware. Claymont has two high-level side platforms with a pedestrian bridge over the tracks. It is served by SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line local service; Amtrak intercity services bypass the station via the inner tracks. The station is the northernmost stop in Delaware, continuing towards Wilmington and Newark. It has a parking garage with 464 spaces and an outdoor parking lot with 343 spaces.

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History

The former Claymont station in April 2012 Claymont Station.jpg
The former Claymont station in April 2012

Claymont station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a commuter rail stop between Philadelphia and Wilmington. Service passed on to the Penn Central Railroad in 1968 and Conrail in 1976. The former depot, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, burned down on July 25, 1981. [6] When SEPTA took over service from Conrail on January 1, 1983, Claymont station was closed as service in Delaware was eliminated. [7] Claymont station reopened to SEPTA service on October 29, 1990, with retrofitted bus shelters constructed at the station. [4] [8]

The former Claymont station at Myrtle and Marion avenues was replaced with the Claymont Regional Transportation Center. The new station is located 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) north of the former station at the former site of Evraz Claymont Steel, which is being redeveloped into a mixed-use office, commercial, and light industrial development, and will have connections to area roads, public transportation, and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Plans for the new station date back to 2005. On July 29, 2016, the Claymont Regional Transportation Center received a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. [9] Construction on the Claymont Regional Transportation Center began in spring 2019. [10] [11] The new station cost $90 million to build. The Claymont Regional Transportation Center, which was dedicated in honor of former State Senator Harris McDowell III in 2022, features two high-level side platforms with a pedestrian bridge over the tracks, a parking garage with 464 spaces, an outdoor parking lot with 343 spaces, and electric vehicle charging stations. [1] A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new station was held on November 27, 2023, with transportation officials, the state's congressional delegation, and station namesake Harris McDowell III in attendance. [12] The Claymont Regional Transportation Center opened for train and bus service on December 4, 2023. [1] [13]

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  9. ↑ "$10 Million TIGER Grant Will Begin Construction of New Claymont Regional Transportation Center" (Press release). DART First State. July 29, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ "DelDOT Projects Portal – Project: Claymont Station". deldot.gov. Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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  13. ↑ Fowser, Mark (December 4, 2023). "VIDEO - "It's incredible!" - commuters get first rides at Claymont Transportation Center". WDEL. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

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