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Jenkintown–Wyncote station

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Owned by
  
SEPTA

Tracks
  
2

Opened
  
1872

Rebuilt
  
1932

Platforms
  
2 side platforms

Connections
  
SEPTA City Bus: 77

Owner
  
SEPTA

Architect
  
Horace Trumbauer

Jenkintown–Wyncote station

Location
  
2 Greenwood Avenue Jenkintown, PA 19046

Line(s)
  
Lansdale/Doylestown Line   Warminster Line   West Trenton Line

Address
  
Jenkintown, PA 19046, United States

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne style architecture

Connection
  
SEPTA City Transit Division surface routes

Similar
  
Fern Rock Transportation Center, Melrose Park station, Elkins Park station, Wayne Junction station, Glenside station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township. Jenkintown is the busiest Regional Rail station outside of the C-Zone, and the sixth busiest overall.

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Station

Jenkintown–Wyncote station was originally built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad, and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. The 1932-built structure remains to this day, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It currently lies in fare zone three and includes a parking lot with 450 spaces. The West Trenton line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line. These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the sixth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the busiest outside of the City of Philadelphia, with 1998 average weekday boardings and 1660 average weekday alightings.

References

Jenkintown–Wyncote station Wikipedia