East Falls station

East Falls
SEPTA regional rail
East Falls station in December 2012.
Location 3600 Midvale Avenue
East Falls, PA, 19129
Coordinates 40°00′41″N 75°11′31″W / 40.0114°N 75.1920°W / 40.0114; -75.1920Coordinates: 40°00′41″N 75°11′31″W / 40.0114°N 75.1920°W / 40.0114; -75.1920
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Norristown Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Fare zone 1
Electrified 1931
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Manayunk/​Norristown Line
toward Elm Street
Former services
Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station
toward North Broad
Norristown Branch
toward Elm Street

East Falls station is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the East Falls section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot. In FY 2013, East Falls station had a weekday average of 625 boardings and 553 alightings.[1]

Though little more than a pair of platforms with open shelters and a trailer, it serves as a replacement for a former Reading Railroad station[2] which was opened in 1912, and burnt down approximately in 1982.[3] It contains a staircase leading to Cresson Street and the station on the north side of the viaduct over Midvale Avenue, and a pedestrian crosswalk with a traffic signal exclusively for that crosswalk on the south side.

References

  1. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)
  2. ↑ Images of former East Falls Reading Railroad station from 1912 and 1978
  3. ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


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