North Hills station

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North Hills
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General information
LocationStation & Mount Carmel Avenues
North Hills, PA 19038
Coordinates 40°06′44″N75°10′12″W / 40.1122°N 75.1699°W / 40.1122; -75.1699
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) SEPTA Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels1
Parking147 spaces
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone3
History
OpenedJuly 2, 1855 (1855-07-02)
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931 [1]
Previous names
  • Edge Hill
  • North Glenside
Key dates
1978Station agent eliminated [2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Glenside Lansdale/Doylestown Line Oreland
toward Doylestown
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Glenside
toward Philadelphia
Bethlehem Branch Oreland
toward Bethlehem

North Hills station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, located in SEPTA Fare Zone 3 at the intersection of Station and Mount Carmel Avenues, includes a 147-space parking lot. In FY 2013, North Hills station had a weekday average of 202 boardings and 219 alightings. [3]

Contents

The station was originally known as Edge Hill and was part of the original North Pennsylvania Railroad route between Philadelphia and Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania. Service began over this line on July 2, 1855. [4]

Station layout

North Hills has two low-level side platforms.

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References

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  4. Hare, Jay V. (1944). History of the North Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia: Reading Company. p. 6. OCLC   11885870.