Villanova station (SEPTA Regional Rail)
Villanova station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It is located on North Spring Mill Road (PA 320) near County Line Road and serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.
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| Location | 308 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.0388°N 75.3422°W | |||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Keystone Corridor (Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 167 spaces (85 daily, 82 permit) | |||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 5 racks (10 spaces) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1890[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 11, 1915[3] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 571[4] (weekday boardings) | |||||||||||||||||
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It is in Radnor Township.[5]
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 handicap accessible pedestrian tunnel running beneath the tracks (which replaced the old non-handicapped accessible tunnel in 2018[6]) The station building is also home to a small café called "Rosie's Coffee".[7] 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.
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Track 4 | ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor) ← Amtrak services do not stop here | |
| Track 3 | ← Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor) ← Amtrak services do not stop here | |
| Track 2 | Amtrak services do not stop here → Paoli/Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Rosemont) → | |
| Track 1 | Amtrak 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
- "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.
- Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived October 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Tatnall, Frank (Fall 2015). "A Century of Catenary". Classic Trains. 16 (3): 26.
- "Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 71–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- "Township Map". Radnor Township. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- http://septa.org/rebuilding/station/villanova.html
- https://www.rosies.coffee/
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