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{{Short description|Train station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania}} |
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| name = Bryn Mawr |
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| style = SEPTA |
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| style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail |
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| symbol_location = septa |
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| symbol = septa |
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| image = File:Bryn Mawr station.jpg |
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| address = 54 North Bryn Mawr Avenue, [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|40|01|19|N|75|18|57|W|type:railwaystation_region:US|display=inline,title}} |
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| line = Amtrak [[Keystone Corridor]]<br/>([[Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line]]) |
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| other = {{bus icon|12px}} '''[[SEPTA Suburban Bus]]''': {{SEPTA bus link|105|106}} (on Lancaster Avenue) |
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| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s |
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| tracks = 4 |
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| parking = 254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters) |
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| bicycle = 9 racks (24 spaces) |
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| passengers = 937 boardings<br/>930 alightings<br/>(weekday average)<ref>{{cite web | title=Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update| publisher=[[SEPTA]] | date=June 2020 | url=https://planning.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FY-2021_Service_Plan_Update.docx | page=24 | access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> |
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| pass_year = 2017 |
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| opened = 1869<ref name="www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm">[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512015255/http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm |date=2008-05-12 }}</ref> |
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| closed = |
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| rebuilt = 1963 |
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| electrified = September 11, 1915<ref>{{cite news |title=Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57807526/paoli-electric-september-12-1915/ |access-date=August 22, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=September 12, 1915 |page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |
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| owned = [[Amtrak]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf |title=Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor |publisher=Federal Railroad Administration |access-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf |archivedate=May 21, 2011 }}</ref> |
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| operator = [[SEPTA]] |
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| zone = 3 |
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| pass_rank = 18 of 146 |
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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|left=Rosemont|right=Haverford}} |
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'''Bryn Mawr station''' is a [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]]. It is located in the western suburbs of [[Philadelphia]] at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Morris+%26+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Bryn+Mawr,+PA&hl=en Google maps]</ref> It is served by most [[Paoli/Thorndale Line]] trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains. |
'''Bryn Mawr station''' is a [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] station in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]]. It is located in the western suburbs of [[Philadelphia]] at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Morris+%26+Bryn+Mawr+Ave,+Bryn+Mawr,+PA&hl=en Google maps]</ref> It is served by most [[Paoli/Thorndale Line]] trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains. |
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The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from [[Suburban Station]]. In |
The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from [[Suburban Station]]. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 937 and the average total weekday alightings was 930.<ref name=passenger>{{cite web |url=https://septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |title=Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan |publisher=SEPTA |page=43-46 |access-date=2020-12-30 |archive-date=2021-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219194159/http://CustomerService@septa.org/strategic-plan/reports/FY%202020%20Annual%20Service%20Plan-update.WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==History== |
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The original station was designed by [[Wilson Brothers & Company|Joseph M. Wilson]] and built in 1869 by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant.<ref name="www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm"/ |
The original station was designed by [[Wilson Brothers & Company|Joseph M. Wilson]] and built in 1869 by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant.<ref name="www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.htm"/> |
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The interlocking tower was placed in service on August 11, 1895 but suffered a fire in 1994 and its duties were transferred to Paoli Tower.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redoveryellow.com/position-light/Amt_Diagrams/WH-tower.html|title=Bryn Mawr interlocking machine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://position-light.blogspot.com/2012/03/today-in-our-continuing-study-of-active.html|title=PHOTOS: PAOLI Interlocking|date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://position-light.blogspot.com/2012/05/prr-main-line-survey-2010-part-13-paoli.html|title=PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 13 (PAOLI to PENN)|date=22 May 2012}}</ref> |
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The original substation constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913–1915 at the station was part of a project to electrify the line between Broad Street Station in Philadelphia and Paoli Station and was the first catenary electrification project done by the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://michaelfroio.com/blog/2015/8/25/the-paoli-local-100-years-of-electrification|title=The Paoli Local: 100 Years of Electrification on the Pennsylvania Railroad|date=11 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title=The Electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Terminal, Philadelphia, to Paoli | journal=The Electric Journal | location=Pittsburgh, PA | publisher=The Electric Journal Co. | volume=XII | issue=12 | date=December 1915 | pages=536–541}}</ref> The substation has since been relegated to switching duties.<ref name=Poles>{{cite web|url=https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/news/height-of-poles-safety-are-concerns-at-amtrak-meeting-more-sessions-scheduled-tonight-and-june/article_365ed7b2-d936-5f82-8f38-a795c3ec33ce.html|title=Height of poles, safety are concerns at Amtrak meeting; more sessions scheduled tonight and June 6}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was proposed in 2013 that this substation be replaced as part of a larger project, but that was rejected by local government.<ref name=Poles /> |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=7 valign=top width=50|'''P<br>Platform level''' |
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A train crash occurred at the station on May 18, 1951 injuring 63 and killing 8.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/19/archives/8-killed-63-hurt-as-flyer-on-prr-rips-halted-train-red-arrow.html|work=The New York Times|title=8 KILLED, 63 HURT, AS FLYER ON P.R.R. RIPS HALTED TRAIN|date=19 May 1951|access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> There is also an interlocking tower and an interlocking at this station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/railroads/files/interlocking_towers_on_amtrak.pdf|title=Interlocking Towers on Amtrak's Right-of-Way in Pennsylvania}}</ref> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
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|Track '''4''' |
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|← {{rcb|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|inline=yes}} toward [[Paoli station|Paoli]], [[Malvern station (SEPTA)|Malvern]] or [[Thorndale station (SEPTA)|Thorndale]] <small>([[Rosemont station (SEPTA)|Rosemont]])</small><br>← Amtrak services do not stop here |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''3''' |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|inline=yes}} toward [[Paoli station|Paoli]], [[Malvern station (SEPTA)|Malvern]] or [[Thorndale station (SEPTA)|Thorndale]] <small>([[Rosemont station (SEPTA)|Rosemont]])</small><br>← Amtrak services do not stop here |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''2''' |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|←}} Amtrak services do not stop here →<br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|inline=yes}} toward [[Suburban Station]] or [[Temple University station|Temple University]] <small>([[Haverford station (SEPTA Regional Rail)|Haverford]])</small> → |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''1''' |
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|←}} Amtrak services do not stop here →<br>{{0|←}} {{rcb|system=SEPTA|line=Paoli/Thorndale|inline=yes}} toward [[Suburban Station]] or [[Temple University station|Temple University]] <small>([[Haverford station (SEPTA Regional Rail)|Haverford]])</small> → |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-top:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''G''' |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Street level |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=550|Exit/entrance, station house, parking |
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==Image gallery== |
==Image gallery== |
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File:Bryn Mawr Station.jpg|The original [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963. |
File:Bryn Mawr Station.jpg|The original [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963. |
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File:Bryn Mawr, by Purviance, W. T. (William T.).jpg|Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, [[New York Public Library]]. |
File:Bryn Mawr, by Purviance, W. T. (William T.).jpg|Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, [[New York Public Library]]. |
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Image:Bryn Mawr Station 1875.JPG|Bryn Mawr station as it appeared circa 1875. |
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File:Bryn Mawr Station 2011.jpg|Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'' passes on Track 3. |
File:Bryn Mawr Station 2011.jpg|Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh ''[[Pennsylvanian (train)|Pennsylvanian]]'' passes on Track 3. |
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File:BRYN MAWR-substation.jpg|Old substation built for the 1915 electrification project at [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]]. Outdoor yard is an addition. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.septa.org/stations/rail/brynmawr.html SEPTA – Bryn Mawr Station] |
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*[http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/showpix?nsta=5391562 November 2, 1972 Photos by Joe Testagrose(World-NYC Subways.org)] |
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Location | 54 North Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°01′19″N 75°18′57″W / 40.02194°N 75.31583°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Amtrak[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 9 racks (24 spaces) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1869[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 11, 1915[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 937 boardings 930 alightings (weekday average)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 18 of 146 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryn Mawr station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues.[5] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains.
The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 937 and the average total weekday alightings was 930.[6]
History
[edit]The original station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and built in 1869 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant.[2]
The interlocking tower was placed in service on August 11, 1895 but suffered a fire in 1994 and its duties were transferred to Paoli Tower.[7][8][9]
The original substation constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913–1915 at the station was part of a project to electrify the line between Broad Street Station in Philadelphia and Paoli Station and was the first catenary electrification project done by the Pennsylvania Railroad.[10][11] The substation has since been relegated to switching duties.[12] It was proposed in 2013 that this substation be replaced as part of a larger project, but that was rejected by local government.[12]
A train crash occurred at the station on May 18, 1951 injuring 63 and killing 8.[13] There is also an interlocking tower and an interlocking at this station.[14]
Station layout
[edit]Bryn Mawr has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks. It also contains a tunnel below the tracks connecting the two platforms.
Image gallery
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The original Gothic revival station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963.
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Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, New York Public Library.
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Bryn Mawr station as it appeared circa 1875.
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Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian passes on Track 3.
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Old substation built for the 1915 electrification project at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Outdoor yard is an addition.
References
[edit]- ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ a b Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr interlocking machine".
- ^ "PHOTOS: PAOLI Interlocking". 22 March 2012.
- ^ "PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 13 (PAOLI to PENN)". 22 May 2012.
- ^ "The Paoli Local: 100 Years of Electrification on the Pennsylvania Railroad". 11 September 2015.
- ^ "The Electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Terminal, Philadelphia, to Paoli". The Electric Journal. XII (12). Pittsburgh, PA: The Electric Journal Co.: 536–541 December 1915.
- ^ a b "Height of poles, safety are concerns at Amtrak meeting; more sessions scheduled tonight and June 6".[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "8 KILLED, 63 HURT, AS FLYER ON P.R.R. RIPS HALTED TRAIN". The New York Times. 19 May 1951. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Interlocking Towers on Amtrak's Right-of-Way in Pennsylvania" (PDF).
External links
[edit]- SEPTA – Bryn Mawr station
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1081, "Pennsylvania Railroad Bryn Mawr Station, Bryn Mawr and Morris Avenues, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, PA", 5 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Stations on the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1869
- 1869 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Former Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses