Hatboro station explained

Hatboro
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:21 South Penn Street
Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1756°N -75.103°W
Line:Warminster Branch
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Parking:175 spaces
Passengers:500 boardings
530 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1871
Rebuilt:December 1934 - June 1, 1935[2] [3]
Electrified:July 26, 1931[4]
Accessible:No
Owned:SEPTA
Zone:3
Pass Rank:51 of 146
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Hatboro station is a rail station on SEPTA Regional Rail's Warminster Line, formerly the Reading Railroad's New Hope Branch, in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and once terminus for electrified MUs. Electrification was extended to Warminster in 1974. Current trains stopping at Hatboro station are the SEPTA Silverliner IV and the SEPTA Silverliner V. The station is located at the intersection of Byberry Road and Penn Street. The station features a passing siding for handling multiple trains as well as a 100-space parking lot. The current brick construction station stands at 20' x 55' and was built in 1935. An original wood construction freight station was completed in 1871 but no longer stands at the site.

Description

Hatboro station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. Hatboro station has a parking lot with 100 spaces, with a remote parking area across Byberry Road that contains 75 spaces. Both parking lots charge $1 a day.[5] Parking is also provided at the Hatboro Municipal Parking Lot across Moreland Avenue, which has 93 spaces and charges $1 a day.[5] [6]

Train service at Hatboro station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south to Center City Philadelphia and north one stop to its terminus at Warminster. Hatboro station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the Center City Commuter Connection tunnel and become Airport Line trains, providing service to the Philadelphia International Airport.[7] In FY 2013, Hatboro station had a weekday average of 457 boardings and 430 alightings.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 24 . March 11, 2022.
  2. News: Station for Hatboro . July 2, 2019 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . December 23, 1934 . 60. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Local Flashes . July 2, 2019 . The Morning Call . June 3, 1935 . . 5. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Reading Installs Electric Service . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . July 26, 1931 . 8. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Hatboro Station. SEPTA. December 30, 2016.
  6. Web site: Non-SEPTA parking for Hatboro Station. SEPTA. December 30, 2016.
  7. Web site: Warminster Line schedule. SEPTA. December 30, 2016.
  8. 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 .