Summary
Rosemont station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It is located at Airdale Road and Montrose Avenues and is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.
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| Location | 43 Airdale Road, Rosemont, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°01′41″N 75°19′39″W / 40.0281°N 75.3274°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 | 112 spaces (90 daily, 22 permit) | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 5 racks (10 spaces) | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 11, 1915[2] | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 323 boardings 321 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 81 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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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 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 323, and the average total weekday alightings was 321.[4]
Station layout edit
Rosemont has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
External links edit
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