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Location | Jacksonville Road and Station Drive Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°11′42″N75°05′20″W / 40.1951°N 75.0889°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Warminster Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | New Hope Railroad SEPTA City Bus : 22 TMA Bucks : Richboro-Warminster Rushbus | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 800 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Four racks | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 29, 1974 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 1,058 boardings 1,110 alightings (weekday average) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 16 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Warminster station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station that is located in Warminster, Pennsylvania in the United States. It serves as the north end of the Warminster Line and is wheelchair ADA accessible.
This station is also occasionally served by passenger trains operated by the New Hope Railroad, which has an interchange just north of the station with Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad.
Original electrification from Hatboro was extended to Warminster on July 29, 1974, replacing the former Reading Company Bonair station.
The current Warminster station consists of a side platform along the tracks that is wheelchair accessible. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. There are four bike racks available that can hold up to eight bicycles. Warminster station has a daily parking lot with 562 spaces that charges $1 a day and a permit parking lot with 238 spaces that charges $25 a month. [3]
Train service at Warminster station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which begins at the station and runs south to Center City Philadelphia. Warminster station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the Center City Commuter Connection tunnel as part of the Airport Line, providing through service to Philadelphia International Airport. [4] In FY 2017, Warminster station had a weekday average of 1,058 boardings and 1,110 alightings. [5]
The Airport Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which officially runs between Philadelphia International Airport through Center City to Temple University station. In practice, however, only a few trains originate or terminate at Temple University; most are through routed with lines to the north after leaving the Center City Commuter Connection. Half of weekday trains are through routed with the Warminster Line, with the other half of weekday trains through routed with the Fox Chase Line. All weekend and holiday trains are through routed with the Warminster Line and terminate either in Warminster or Glenside.
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Crestmont station is a railroad station in the Crestmont section of Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on SEPTA's Warminster Line, formerly the Reading New Hope branch. It is located at the intersection of Rubicam Avenue and Rockwell Road. The station parking lot has 24 spaces. The station contains no ticket or station facilities and consists only of a shelter. Crestmont is a flag stop except during peak hours and late at night, meaning trains will only stop if there are passengers on the platform or if a passenger on the train notifies the conductor they want to get off. In FY 2013, Crestmont station had a weekday average of 89 boardings and 91 alightings. This station is wheelchair ADA accessible.
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