Trevose station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Ridge and Boundbrook Avenues in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking and a handicapped-accessible platform, however SEPTA has recently announced that they've expanded the number of parking spaces to 219. In FY 2013, Trevose station had a weekday average of 283 boardings and 275 alightings.[6]
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 Trevose station in June 2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Ridge and Boundbrook Avenues Trevose, Pennsylvania 19053 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°08′25″N 74°58′58″W / 40.1402°N 74.9828°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 219 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 1888[1] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[2] | ||||||||||||
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| March 1970 | 1888 station depot demolished[3][4] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 412 boardings 377 alightings (weekday average)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 63 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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The previous station depot at Trevose was built in 1888 by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. The former station house was torn down in March 1970 and replaced with a small shelter to protect commuters from the elements.
Station layout
editTrevose has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.
References
edit- ^ "Reading Railroad Improvements". The Lancaster Intelligencer. January 17, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reading Co. to Renovate Five Stations". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 29, 1970. p. 146. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Reading to Replace 2 Railroad Stations". The Bucks County Courier Times. Levittown, Pennsylvania. January 22, 1971. p. 3. Retrieved August 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
External links
edit- SEPTA – Trevose station
- Original Trevose Station House (Existing RR Stations in Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
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