Chester Transportation Center

Chester Transportation Center
SEPTA Regional Rail station
General information
Location	6th & Welsh Streets Chester, PA 19013
Coordinates	39.84932°N 75.35988°W / 39.84932; -75.35988
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 37 SEPTA Suburban Bus: 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1903
Services
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The Chester Transportation Center is a SEPTA bus and train station in Chester, Pennsylvania. The outside portion of the ground level serves SEPTA City Transit Division Route 37, and Suburban Transit Division Routes 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, and 119.

Above the building of the transportation center is the train station. The tracks run over the building. The station is served by the Wilmington/Newark Line. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. This station is located at 6th and Welsh Streets, Chester, PA 19013.

History

Chester station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1903. In the 1940s lots of NY-Washington trains stopped there; in 1970 one Philadelphia-Washington train stopped, and in 1978-83 Amtrak's Chesapeake stopped both ways between Philadelphia and Washington. PRR/PC/Conrail local trains to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark continued until SEPTA took them over in 1983.

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  Stairway to the rail platforms
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  Tunnel under the tracks
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  Interior of the station

Station layout

Chester has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Highland Avenue)
	Outbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Highland Avenue) ← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here
	Inbound	← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here → ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Eddystone) →
	Inbound	← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Eddystone) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, and parking

See also

New Brunswick station - built according to similar blueprints at about the same time

External links

Media related to Chester Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Chester Transportation Center
• Original Chester PRR Station
• Welsh Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Avenue of the States entrance from Google Maps Street View