Hatboro station

Hatboro
SEPTA regional rail
Hatboro station
Location 21 South Penn Street
Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°10′32″N 75°06′11″W / 40.1756°N 75.1030°W / 40.1756; -75.1030Coordinates: 40°10′32″N 75°06′11″W / 40.1756°N 75.1030°W / 40.1756; -75.1030
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Warminster Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Parking 175 spaces
Disabled access No
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1871
Rebuilt 1935
Electrified 1931
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Warminster Line
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Closed 1996
Warminster Line
Terminus
Reading Railroad
toward Glenside
New Hope Branch
toward New Hope

Hatboro station is a rail station on SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line, formerly the Reading Railroad's New Hope Branch, in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and once terminus for electricfied MUs. Electrication Service was extended to Warminster in 1974. It is located at the intersection of Byberry Road and Penn Street. The station features a passing siding for handling multiple trains as well as a 100-space parking lot. The current brick construction station stands at 20' x 55' and was built in 1935. An original wood construction freight station was completed in 1871 but no longer stands at the site.

Description

A Center City-bound train stops at the Hatboro station

Hatboro station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. Hatboro station has a parking lot with 100 spaces, with a remote parking area across Byberry Road that contains 75 spaces. Both parking lots charge $1 a day.[1] Parking is also provided at the Hatboro Municipal Parking Lot across Moreland Avenue, which has 93 spaces and charges $1 a day.[1][2]

Train service at Hatboro station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south to Center City Philadelphia and north one stop to its terminus at Warminster. Hatboro station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the Center City Commuter Connection tunnel and become Airport Line trains, providing service to the Philadelphia International Airport.[3] In FY 2013, Hatboro station had a weekday average of 457 boardings and 430 alightings.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Non-SEPTA parking for Hatboro Station". SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Warminster Line schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12.  (539 KB)

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