Media station is a SEPTA regional rail station in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,[4][5] near Media. It serves the Media/Wawa Line, the former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) West Chester Line. It is located at 301 Media Station Road (Orange Street and Station Road). The station includes a 231-space parking lot. In 2013, this station saw 692 boardings and 533 alightings on an average weekday. [6]
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| Location | 309 Media Station Road, Media, Pennsylvania 19063 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°54′50″N 75°23′40″W / 39.9139°N 75.3945°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 231 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 19, 1854[1] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 2, 1928[2] | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 512 boardings 492 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 48 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Media station was built in 1960 by the PRR and is located several blocks away from Media–Orange Street station, the terminus of the Route 101 line. However, no direct connection exists between the station and the trolley stop.
Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Media station in 1912 during his first election campaign.[citation needed]
Station layout
editMedia has two low-level side platforms with a connecting pathway across the tracks.
References
edit- ^ Jeffries, E. (October 21, 1854). "West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad". The Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Zoning Map". Upper Providence Township. Retrieved 2020-04-23. - The map indicates the location of the station with "SEPTA".
- ^ "Media". SEPTA. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
309 Media Station Road Media, PA 19063
- Compare with the township map. - ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
External links
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