Noble station
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 Noble station from its parking lot. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Old York Road and Rodman Avenue Abington Township, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°06′16″N 75°07′29″W / 40.1045°N 75.1247°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 55 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1889 (NPRR) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June–October 1901 (Reading)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[3] | ||||||||||||
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Noble station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Old York Road and Rodman Avenue in the community of Noble in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking. In FY 2013, Noble station had a weekday average of 222 boardings and 252 alightings.[4]
History
[edit]Noble station was originally built in 1901 by the Reading Railroad, as a replacement for a former North Pennsylvania Railroad built in 1889 and dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison.[5] It is the last stop inbound before Jenkintown-Wyncote station in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where it merges with the Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines.
Station layout
[edit]Noble has two low-level side platforms.
Gallery
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View of Noble station from outbound platform -
A Center City-bound train stops at Noble station in November 2017
References
[edit]- ^ "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. June 7, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Railroad Notes". The Philadelphia Times. October 22, 1901. p. 11. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
External links
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Media related to Noble (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
