Highland Avenue station (SEPTA)

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Highland Avenue
SEPTA.svg
Highland Avenue Station.jpg
Highland Avenue station platform in April 2012. The Commodore Barry Bridge is visible in the distance.
General information
Location450 Highland Avenue
Chester, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°50′01″N75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°W / 39.8337; -75.3929
Owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Line(s) Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113
Construction
Parking23 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities9 rack spaces [1]
AccessibleNo [2]
Other information
Fare zone3 [2]
History
Electrified1928 [3]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Marcus Hook
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line Chester T.C.
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Marcus Hook
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line Lamokin Street
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Marcus Hook
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line Lamokin Street
(closed 2003)

Highland Avenue station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, one of two stations in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13 Business) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.

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Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester, Chester Transportation Center. The site of Subaru Park, the home venue of soccer team Philadelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transportation Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.

In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to Subaru Park. [4]

Station layout

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Highland Avenue Station". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority . 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. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Study: Build train station closer to Chester’s waterfront," by Jeff Wolfe (Delaware County Daily Times: Sunday, August 14, 2011) [ permanent dead link ]