Prospect Park station (SEPTA)

Prospect Park station (also known as Prospect Park–Moore station) is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA serves this station. The station, located at Lincoln and Maryland Avenues in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, includes a 44-space parking lot. Like the nearby Norwood Station, Prospect Park Station is located right next to the town's library, in this case the Prospect Park Public Library. It is also located near the Borough Hall.

Prospect Park
Prospect Park station platform in June 2014.
General information
Location735 Maryland Avenue
Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates39°53′17″N 75°18′34″W / 39.888114°N 75.309434°W / 39.888114; -75.309434
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Parking50 spaces[1]
AccessibleNo[2]
Other information
Fare zone2[2]
History
Electrified1928[3]
Previous namesMoore[4]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Ridley Park
toward Newark
Wilmington/​Newark Line Norwood
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Ridley Park Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Glenolden
Ridley Park
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line Norwood
Location
Map

Prospect Park station was originally known as Moore station, and was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations, Past & Present website, a property owner named Moore donated the property for this station. He did so, with the "condition" that the station should carry his family name for as long as it exists. The station was renamed to Moore by the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 1, 1932.[4]

However, that same source indicates that the current station building is not the original PW&B structure. ("...the original PW&B station ... predated the station that still exists"). The current station building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.[citation needed]

Station layout

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Prospect Park has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

References

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  1. ^ "Newark Station". SEPTA. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). SEPTA. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.  
  4. ^ a b Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
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