Sedgwick station (SEPTA)

For the station in Chicago, see Sedgwick station (CTA).

Sedgwick
Entrance to Sedgwick station from Mount Pleasant Avenue
General information
Location	253 East Mount Pleasant Avenue between Sprague and Devon Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°03′46″N75°11′06″W / 40.0627°N 75.1849°W / 40.0627; -75.1849
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus : 71
Construction
Parking	20 spaces
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Electrified	February 5, 1933 [1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Mount Airy toward Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill East Line Stenton toward 30th Street
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Mount Airy toward Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Branch Gorgas toward Philadelphia
Location

Sedgwick station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 253 East Mount Pleasant Avenue between Sprague and Devon Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The old station building was built in 1882 with Furness & Evans as the architect, ^[2] but was damaged in an arson fire around 1980 and demolished^{[ citation needed ]}. The current station facility consists of low level platforms with open shelters. A walkway under the tracks was sealed off due to criminal activity^{[ citation needed ]}.

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 8.9 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 225 boardings and 279 alightings on an average weekday. ^[3]

References

1. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
2. Sedgwick Station data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)

External links

• SEPTA – Sedgwick station
• Mount Pleasant Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View