Fort Washington station
Fort Washington  | |||||||||||||
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 The current high-level platform station at Fort Washington, August 2022 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 7250 Summit Avenue (Bethlehem Pike & Station Avenue) Fort Washington, PA 19034 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°08′07″N 75°12′41″W / 40.1354°N 75.2115°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | SEPTA Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94, 95, 201 h.o.p.s. OurBus | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | elevated | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1903 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 1,125 boardings 875 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 14 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Fort Washington station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station is located at the intersection of Bethlehem Pike and Station Avenue in the Fort Washington section of Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania. It is also served by SEPTA Bus Routes 94, 95, and 201, as well as OurBus intercity buses to New York City. The station includes a 585-space parking lot.
Originally built in 1903 by the Reading Company,[3] the current station was built 300 feet to the south with high-level platforms, a new ticket office, a larger waiting room, and a bathroom as well as a massive parking lot.[4][5] The expansion was completed in 2008.
In FY 2017, Fort Washington station had a weekday average of 1,125 boardings and 875 alightings. The first train from the station leaves at 5:32 A.M, while the last train arrives at the station at 1:10 A.M. The station is considered a major station on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line because most of the express trains stop at this station, before skipping many other intermediate stations on the line. Only one train, an express from Center City Philadelphia to North Wales skips this station. During the morning and afternoon peak hour, many trains operate to Center City as expresses, proceeding direct from Fort Washington station to Temple University station. Throughout midday, and the later hours of the night, most trains are locals. [6]
Station layout
[edit]Fort Washington has two high-level side platforms.
References
[edit]- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived May 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Fort Washington and Cheltenham Station Reconstruction Projects (SEPTA)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ Campisi, Jon (2005-09-28). "Partnership works to revive Ft. Washington train station". thereporteronline. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
External links
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Media related to Fort Washington (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons- SEPTA – Fort Washington station
- 2001 & 2005 Bob Vogel Photos(NYC Subways.org)
- Older and more recent Fort Washington Reading RR Station images
- Bethlehem Pike entrance from Google Maps Street View
