Gwynedd Valley station

Gwynedd Valley station is a station along the SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line. The station, located at the grade crossing of Plymouth Road in Gwynedd Valley (part of Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania), includes a 166-space parking lot. In FY 2013, Gwynedd Valley station had a weekday average of 210 boardings and 237 alightings.[1]

Gwynedd Valley
SEPTA Regional Rail station
Gwynedd Valley station's matching shelter
Location521 Plymouth Road
Gwynedd Valley, PA
Coordinates40.1849°N 75.2568°W / 40.1849; -75.2568
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)SEPTA Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels1
Parking118 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessNo
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1888
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Penllyn
toward 30th Street Station
 Lansdale/​Doylestown Line North Wales
toward Doylestown
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Penllyn
toward Fern Rock
 Bethlehem Branch North Wales
toward Bethlehem

Notes

The train station was featured on the cover of the October 7, 1961 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. The cover was painted by Whitpain Township resident John Falter.

Station layout

Gwynedd Valley has two low-level side platforms.

G
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ←      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward Lansdale, Link Belt, or Doylestown (North Wales)
Inbound ←      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (Penllyn) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References
  1. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)


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