Rosemont station (SEPTA)

**Rosemont**
Rosemont
	SEPTA regional rail
Location	43 Airdale Road and Montrose Avenue; Rosemont, PA 19010
Coordinates	40°01′41″N 75°19′39″W / 40.0281°N 75.3274°WCoordinates: 40°01′41″N 75°19′39″W / 40.0281°N 75.3274°W
Owned by	Amtrak[1]
Operated by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Keystone Corridor (Main Line); Paoli/Thorndale Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue)
Construction
Parking	112 spaces (90 daily, 22 permit)
Bicycle facilities	5 racks (10 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1880
Electrified	September 11, 1915[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	360[3] (weekday boardings)
Services
Former services

Rosemont station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It is located ata Airdale Road and Montrose Avenues and is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

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 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 360, and the average total weekday alightings was 389.^[3]

Station layout

Rosemont has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 4	← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Villanova) ← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here
	Track 3	← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Villanova) ← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here
	Track 2	← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here → ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Bryn Mawr) →
	Track 1	← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here → ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Bryn Mawr) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, station house, parking

References

↑ "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.
↑ Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.
1 2 "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

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[1] "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.

[2] Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.

[passenger-3] 1 2 "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.