Villanova station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

Villanova
SEPTA regional rail
Location 1797 County Line Road
and North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA, 19085
Coordinates 40°02′20″N 75°20′32″W / 40.0388°N 75.3422°W / 40.0388; -75.3422Coordinates: 40°02′20″N 75°20′32″W / 40.0388°N 75.3422°W / 40.0388; -75.3422
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: 106
Construction
Parking 167 spaces (85 daily, 82 permit)
Bicycle facilities 5 racks (10 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1890[2]
Electrified September 11, 1915[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 571[4] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
toward Thorndale
Paoli/​Thorndale Line
Former services
Preceding station   Pennsylvania Railroad   Following station
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Paoli
Paoli Line

Villanova station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It is located at North Spring Mill Road (PA 320) near County Line Road and serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

The station building was originally built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and is within the campus of Villanova University. The eastbound and westbound platforms are ground-level and are connected by an underground non-handicapped accessible pedestrian tunnel running beneath the tracks. There is also a small café there called "Rosie's Mug". The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 5:55 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 167 parking spaces at the station, including SEPTA permit parking. This station is 12.0 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 571, and the average total weekday alightings was 644.[4]

Station layout

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

G
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 4 ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor)
← Keystone Corridor services do not stop here
Track 3 ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor)
← 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 (Rosemont) →
Track 1 Keystone Corridor services do not stop here →
Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Rosemont) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance, station house, parking
B Underpass Crossunder between platforms

References

  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. ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived October 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.
  4. 1 2 "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.


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