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Curtis Park station

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Owned by  SEPTA
Parking  26
Previous names  Academy
Owner  SEPTA
Tracks  4
Line(s)  Wilmington/Newark Line
Fare zone  2
Opened  1949
Platforms in use  2
Curtis Park station

Location  Elmwood Avenue near Calcon Hook Road Sharon Hill, PA 19079.
Address  Sharon Hill, PA 19079, United States
Similar  Norwood station, Wynnefield Avenue station, Folcroft station, Carpenter station, Washington Lane station

Trainz 12 phillyrail commuter train arriving and departing curtis park station


Curtis Park station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; the station is only served by SEPTA. The station is officially located at Elmwood Avenue near Calcon Hook Road in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. In reality it is located at the dead ends of Oak Avenue, one block east of Calcon Hook Road, and is accessible from Calcon Hook Road from Woodlawn Terrace on the north side of the tracks and Elmwood Avenue from the south side.

According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present website, Curtis Park was originally known as "Academy Station" prior to 1948. It was believed to have been named from a local branch of the Holy Child Academy which was once located nearby. The station has been closed and boarded up but still stands as a pair of platformed shelters, dividing Oak Avenue into two halves on either side of the railroad lines while Calcon Hook Road crosses over the lines. The station building was built by or for the Pennsylvania Railroad when the name was changed as the Curtis Publishing Company moved to town.

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Curtis Park station Wikipedia