Primos station

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Primos
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Primos station in January 2013, after construction of the high-level platforms.
General information
Location501 Oak Avenue, Primos, Pennsylvania, 19018
Coordinates 39°55′18″N75°17′54″W / 39.92163°N 75.29845°W / 39.92163; -75.29845
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA Suburban Bus : 107
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928 [1]
Previous namesOak Lane
Passengers
2017652 boardings
703 alightings
(weekday average) [2]
Rank33 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Secane
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line Clifton–Aldan
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Secane
toward West Chester
West Chester Line Clifton

Primos station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in the Primos area of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. Located at Oak and Secane Avenues, it serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 322 boardings and 398 alightings on an average weekday. [3] It consists of a pre-fabricated office trailer on one platform, and an open brick shelter on the other, and includes a 52-car parking lot. Before becoming an established station, Primos was a flag stop known as Oak Lane.

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Station layout

Primos has two high-level side platforms.

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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. "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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