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Exton station (Pennsylvania)

Exton
Amtrak and SEPTA station
Eastbound Keystone Service train arriving, September 2021
General information
Location425 Walkertown Road
Exton, Pennsylvania
United States
Coordinates40°01′10″N 75°37′18″W / 40.0195°N 75.6218°W / 40.0195; -75.6218
Owned byAmtrak[1]
Line(s)Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
ConnectionsSuburban Bus SEPTA Suburban Bus: 135
Local Transit West Chester University shuttle[2]
Construction
Parking643 spaces (555 daily, 88 permit)
Bicycle facilities4 racks (8 spaces)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: EXT
Fare zone4 (SEPTA)
History
Rebuilt1981
Previous namesWhiteland
Passengers
FY 2023101,803 annually[3] (Amtrak)
2017627 boardings
522 alightings
(weekday average)[4] (SEPTA)
Rank36 of 146 (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Downingtown
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service Paoli
toward New York
Lancaster
One-way operation
Pennsylvanian
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Whitford
toward Thorndale
Paoli/​Thorndale Line Malvern
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Whitford
toward Harrisburg
Keystone Service
Before 1988
Malvern
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Whitford
toward Chicago
Main Line Ship Road
Location
Map

Exton station is a train station in Exton, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia.[5] It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains and one daily eastbound Pennsylvanian trip, as well as SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 627, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 522.[6]

History

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In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan.[7] The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

Station layout

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There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station is not located within the built-up portion of the community; it is merely a park-and-ride station along PA 100, near the highway's interchange with U.S. Route 30. There are 643 parking spaces at the station. Parking was last expanded in late 2009.

Exton has two high-level side platforms. A center track is occasionally used for Norfolk Southern freight trains passing through the station.

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References

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  1. ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Exton Train Station Shuttle Bus".
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Google Maps
  6. ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
  7. ^ "Exton Station Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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