Wallingford station (SEPTA)

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Wallingford
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View from outbound platform
General information
Location141 East Possum Hollow Road, Wallingford, Pennsylvania 19086
Coordinates 39°54′13″N75°22′18″W / 39.90362°N 75.37165°W / 39.90362; -75.37165
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Parking61 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Rebuilt1880 or 1890
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928 [1]
Passengers
2017280 boardings
287 alightings
(weekday average) [2]
Rank94 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Moylan–Rose Valley
toward Wawa
Media/Wawa Line Swarthmore
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Moylan–Rose Valley
toward West Chester
West Chester Line Swarthmore

Wallingford station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Located at Kershaw Road and Possum Hollow Road, it serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2017, this station saw 280 boardings and 287 alightings on an average weekday. [3] It is in Nether Providence Township. [4] [5]

Contents

The station was established by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1855, when the rail line was extended to Media through Wallingford, passing and freight sidings were built at the location. The present station was built in 1890 by contractor Charles R. Kohl and Bros. [6] While often attributed to architect Frank Furness, whose brother lived nearby, the station is based on a standard Pennsylvania Railroad plan designed by W. Bleddyn Powell. Other examples of the design were built in locations including Schuylkill Haven, Hamburg, Holmesburg Junction, Wissinoming, and Wilmerding, among others. [7] For a time, this station also served as Wallingford's post office. [8]

Station layout

Wallingford has two low-level side platforms with a connecting pathway across the tracks.

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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. 62" (PDF).
  4. "Zoning Map" (PDF). Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania . Retrieved 2020-04-23. - Compare to the location of the station.
  5. "Wallingford". SEPTA . Retrieved 2020-04-23. 107 E. Possum Hollow Road & Kershaw Avenue Wallingford, PA 19086
  6. Construction contract at Hagley Museum & Library
  7. The American Architect and Building News 1886-04-10 Vol 19 Iss 537.
  8. A history of Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1687-1987. Tricentennial Commission. 1987.

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