Chestnut Hill East station explained

Chestnut Hill East
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:100 East Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates:40.081°N -75.2079°W
Other: Chestnut Hill West station
SEPTA City Bus:
SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Tracks:6
Parking:104 spaces
Opened:1872
Rebuilt:1931
Electrified:February 5, 1933[1]
Accessible:No
Years1:June 1931
Events1:Station depot demolished[2]
Former:Chestnut Hill (until 1977)
Zone:2
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Chestnut Hill East station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 102–04 Bethlehem Pike at Chestnut Hill Avenue, it serves the Chestnut Hill East Line. The current station building was built in 1931 by the Reading Railroad,[3] as a replacement for an earlier station that existed between 1872 and 1930.[4]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.8 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday.[5] Chestnut Hill East is often confused with Chestnut Hill West, which is a SEPTA station a few minutes away from Chestnut Hill East's location. Boarding statistics, however, show greater usage of this line than of the Chestnut Hill West Line by Chestnut Hill residents.

Prior to rebuilding and electrification circa 1931, the stub terminal had three short passenger car tracks serviced by two platforms, a small engine terminal with a turntable, five-stall roundhouse and water tank, plus a few freight tracks serving storage buildings and a coal and lumber business.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Electric Schedule . August 21, 2020 . The Scranton Times . February 4, 1933 . 12. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Reading Plans Station . October 21, 2021 . . June 21, 1931 . 16. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Chestnut Hill East station photos (Existing Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania) . 2008-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080604000743/http://www.west2k.com/pastations/philadelphia.htm . 2008-06-04 . dead .
  4. http://www.west2k.com/papix/chestnuthillrdgold.jpg Original Chestnut Hill Reading Railroad station postcard (Existing Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
  5. Web site: SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf . 2014-08-12 .  
  6. Edwin P. Alexander. Model Railroads. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., 1950. Pp. 38, 40-41.