Curtis Park station

Curtis Park
SEPTA Regional Rail station
Curtis Park station in June 2014.
Location Elmwood Avenue near Calcon Hook Road
Sharon Hill, PA 19079.
Coordinates 39°54′29″N 75°15′54″W / 39.908083°N 75.265008°W / 39.908083; -75.265008Coordinates: 39°54′29″N 75°15′54″W / 39.908083°N 75.265008°W / 39.908083; -75.265008
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Northeast Corridor
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Construction
Parking 26
Other information
Fare zone 2
History
Opened March 7, 1949[1]
Previous names Academy[2]
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Newark
Wilmington/​Newark Line

Curtis Park station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; the station is only served by SEPTA. The station is officially located at Elmwood Avenue near Calcon Hook Road in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. In reality it is located at the dead ends of Oak Avenue, one block east of Calcon Hook Road, and is accessible from Calcon Hook Road from Woodlawn Terrace on the north side of the tracks and Elmwood Avenue from the south side.

According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present website, Curtis Park was originally known as "Academy Station" prior to 1948. It was believed to have been named from a local branch of the Holy Child Academy which was once located nearby. The station has been closed and boarded up but still stands as a pair of platformed shelters, dividing Oak Avenue into two halves on either side of the railroad lines while Calcon Hook Road crosses over the lines. The station building was built by or for the Pennsylvania Railroad when the name was changed as the Curtis Publishing Company moved to town.

Station layout

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

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Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Sharon Hill)
Outbound ← Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Sharon Hill)
← Northeast Corridor services do not stop here
Inbound Northeast Corridor services do not stop here →
Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Darby) →
Inbound Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Darby) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance to Oak Avenue and parking

References

  1. ↑ "New Curtis Park Station". Delaware County Daily Times. March 5, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "New Curtis Park Station Gets Off to Quiet Start". Delaware County Daily Times. March 7, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved April 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.


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