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Location | 498 Welcome Avenue Norwood, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°53′29″N75°18′08″W / 39.891360°N 75.302221°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amtrak Northeast Corridor | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 62 spaces [1] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No [2] | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 2 [2] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | September 1, 1875 [3] | ||||||||||||
Electrified | 1928 [4] | ||||||||||||
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1950 | 1875 depot burns [3] | ||||||||||||
1951 | 1875 station depot razed [5] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2017 | 267 boardings, 238 alightings (weekday average) [6] | ||||||||||||
Rank | 96 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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