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Exton station (Pennsylvania)

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Owned by
  
Amtrak

Opened
  
1981

Owner
  
Amtrak

Tracks
  
3

Operated by
  
Amtrak & SEPTA

Phone
  
+1 800-872-7245

Platforms in use
  
2

Exton station (Pennsylvania)

Location
  
425 Walkertown Road Exton, PA 19341

Line(s)
  
Keystone Corridor (Main Line) SEPTA:   Paoli/Thorndale Line Amtrak:   Keystone Service   Pennsylvanian

Connections
  
SEPTA Suburban Bus: 92 Krapf's Transit: Route A WCU shuttle

Parking
  
643 spaces (555 daily, 88 permit)

Address
  
425 Walkertown Rd, Exton, PA 19341, USA

Similar
  
Paoli station, Downingtown station, Ard station, Whitford station, Wynnewood station

Exton station is a train station in Exton, Pennsylvania, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service trains and one daily eastbound Pennsylvanian trip, as well as SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line. The station is located close to the former Whiteland station served by the former Pennsylvania Railroad.

There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, the station is not located within the built-up portion of the community; it is merely a park-and-ride station along PA 100, near the highway's interchange with U.S. Route 30. There are 643 parking spaces at the station. Parking was last expanded in late 2009.

This station is wheelchair-accessible with short lengths of high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. The platforms have bridge plates which allow a wheelchair to cross the gap between the platform and the train when it is stopped at the platform. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2011, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 586.

History

In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan. The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

References

Exton station (Pennsylvania) Wikipedia