Devon station explained

Devon
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:1 North Devon Boulevard, Devon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0472°N -75.4228°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:166 spaces (daily)
Bicycle:4 racks (8 spaces)
Passengers:455 boardings
364 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1883
Electrified:September 11, 1915[2]
Architect:W. Bleddyn Powell
Owned:Amtrak[3]
Operator:SEPTA
Zone:3
Pass Rank:56 of 146
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Devon station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at 98 North Devon Boulevard and Lancaster Avenue in Devon, Pennsylvania, United States.[4] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

Devon station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and opened in 1883. The architect, W. Bleddyn Powell, designed the building to match the English aesthetic established by Devon developers Coffin & Altemus, who contributed toward the station's construction. Replacing an older station a short distance to the east built just a year before, the station was positioned to be in alignment with the first Devon Inn built in 1882.

The old baggage shelter was demolished in 2004. The station building was repainted in 2005.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays from 5:50 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 166 parking spaces available for daily parking at the station.

This station is 16.4 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 455, and the average total weekday alightings was 364.[5]

Station layout

Devon has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 24 . March 11, 2022.
  2. News: Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R. . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 12, 1915 . 4. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor . Federal Railroad Administration . 9 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf . May 21, 2011 .
  4. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Station+Rd+%26+N+Waterloo+Rd,+Devon,+PA&hl=en Google maps
  5. Web site: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . 43–46.