Walnut Street station (SEPTA)

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Walnut Street
SEPTA.svg
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General information
LocationGarrett Road & Walnut Street
Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′32″N75°15′59″W / 39.9589°N 75.2665°W / 39.9589; -75.2665
Owned by SEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeOpen shelters
History
Electrified Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Avon Road Route 101 Fairfield Avenue
Avon Road
toward Sharon Hill
Route 102
Future services (2024)
Preceding station SEPTA Metro.svg SEPTA Metro Following station
Avon Road SEPTA D1 icon.svg Fairfield Avenue
toward 69th Street
Avon Road SEPTA D2 icon.svg
Location
Walnut Street station (SEPTA)

Walnut Street is a SEPTA Media–Sharon Hill Line stop in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. It is officially located at Garrett Road and Walnut Street, but Bywood Avenue is also included as it parallels the north side of the line. The station serves both Routes 101 and 102, and only local service is provided on both lines. The station contains two platforms with plexiglass bus-type shelters on both sides of the tracks, both of which are at the far end of each platform.

Another view of the station with the 101 trolley. WalnutStreet Septa.jpg
Another view of the station with the 101 trolley.

Trolleys arriving at this station travel between 69th Street Transportation Center further east in Upper Darby and either Orange Street in Media, Pennsylvania, for the Route 101 line, or Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, for the Route 102 line. Both lines run parallel to Garrett Road and Bywood Avenue on private right-of-way, and Walnut Street is the easternmost stop where the lines run parallel to both streets. The station is located west of the Upper Darby Township Municipal Library. [1]

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Walnut Street station with Upper Darby library in the back MediaSharonWalnutStreet.jpg
Walnut Street station with Upper Darby library in the back