Chester Transportation Center

Chester Transportation Center
SEPTA Regional Rail station
Location	6th & Welsh Streets Chester, PA 19013
Coordinates	39°50′58″N 75°21′36″W / 39.84932°N 75.35988°W / 39.84932; -75.35988Coordinates: 39°50′58″N 75°21′36″W / 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
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1903
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Highland Avenue toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Eddystone toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Lamokin Street (Closed 2003) toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Eddystone toward Temple University Pennsylvania Railroad Lamokin Street toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Ridley Park toward Philadelphia 30th Street Lamokin Street toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Eddystone toward Suburban Station Baltimore and Ohio Wilmington Water Street toward Chicago Grand Central Main Line Philadelphia toward Communipaw

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.^[1][2] 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.

References

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