Lansdowne station (SEPTA)

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Lansdowne
SEPTA.svg
LansdowneR3.jpg
Lansdowne station, looking west.
General information
Location45 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania 19050
Coordinates 39°56′14″N75°16′18″W / 39.93726°N 75.27165°W / 39.93726; -75.27165
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA Suburban Bus : 109, 113
Construction
Parking91 free/62 with permits
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1880
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928 [1]
Passengers
2017321 boardings
337 alightings
(weekday average) [2]
Rank82 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Gladstone
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line Fernwood–Yeadon
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Gladstone
toward West Chester
West Chester Line Fernwood

Lansdowne station is a SEPTA railway station in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. It serves the Media/Wawa Line. The station was originally built in 1880 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. [3] In 2013, this station saw 313 boardings and 394 alightings on an average weekday. [4] It is located at Scottdale Road and South Lansdowne Avenue and has an 89-car parking lot.

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Station layout

Lansdowne has two low-level side platforms.

G
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound      Media/Wawa Line toward Wawa (Gladstone)
Inbound      Media/Wawa Line toward Temple University (Fernwood – Yeadon)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street levelExit/entrance and parking

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References

  1. "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  3. Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.

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