Rosemont station (SEPTA)
SEPTA regional rail | ||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | 43 Airdale Road and Montrose Avenue Rosemont, PA 19010 | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°01′41″N 75°19′39″W / 40.0281°N 75.3274°W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Amtrak[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Keystone Corridor (Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Connections | SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue) | |||||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 112 spaces (90 daily, 22 permit) | |||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 5 racks (10 spaces) | |||||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 11, 1915[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 360[3] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||||
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Rosemont station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It is located ata Airdale Road and Montrose Avenues and is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.
The station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1863 and 1871 (appears on 1871 atlas). As a modern SEPTA station, the building is also occupied by a real estate broker's office and underwent renovations for this use in 1983. The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:00 AM to 10:55 AM excluding holidays. There are 112 parking spaces at the station. This station is 10.9 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 360, and the average total weekday alightings was 389.[3]
Station layout
Rosemont has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.
P Platform level | ||
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Track 4 | ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Villanova) ← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here | |
Track 3 | ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Villanova) ← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here | |
Track 2 | Keystone Corridor services do not stop here → Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Bryn Mawr) → | |
Track 1 | Keystone Corridor services do not stop here → Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Bryn Mawr) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
G | Street level | Exit/entrance, station house, parking |
References
- ^ "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.
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- ^ a b "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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External links
Media related to Rosemont (SEPTA Regional Rail station) at Wikimedia Commons
- SEPTA - Rosemont Station
- Airdale Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Lower Merion Township Historic Resource Inventory
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
- Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
- Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations opened in 1880
- 1880 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania railway station stubs
- SEPTA stubs