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Melrose Park station (SEPTA)

Melrose Park
General information
Location800 Valley Road
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Coordinates40°03′34″N 75°07′45″W / 40.0595°N 75.1293°W / 40.0595; -75.1293
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)SEPTA Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA City Bus: 28
Construction
Parking185 space parking lot
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Rebuilt2005
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931[1]
Previous namesOak Lane[2]
Passengers
2017507 boardings
301 alightings
(weekday average)[3]
Rank50 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Fern Rock T.C.
toward Airport
Airport Line Elkins Park
toward Glenside
Fern Rock T.C. Lansdale/​Doylestown Line
limited weekday service, no weekend service
Elkins Park
toward Doylestown
Fern Rock T.C. Warminster Line Elkins Park
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line
limited weekday service
Elkins Park
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Fern Rock Bethlehem Branch Elkins Park
toward Bethlehem
New York Branch Elkins Park
Location
Map

Melrose Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. Located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines.

Station

In June 2005, SEPTA completed a $5,336,000 project to upgrade Melrose Park station, including the installation of high-level, fully handicap accessible, platforms.[4]

In FY 2013, Melrose Park station had a weekday average of 458 boardings and 481 alightings.[5]

Service

The station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the Warminster Line, limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the West Trenton Line, and limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[6]

Station layout

Melrose Park has two high-level side platforms.

References

  1. ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "SEPTA (July 2006) SEPTA Capital Improvements in Montgomery County. p. 22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. (2.39 MB)
  5. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  6. ^ "Glenside Combined schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

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