Highland Avenue station (SEPTA) explained

Highland Avenue
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:SEPTA
Symbol:SEPTA
Address:450 Highland Avenue
Borough:Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates:39.8337°N -75.3929°W
Owned:SEPTA
Line:Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Connections: SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Parking:23 spaces[1]
Bicycle:9 rack spaces
Accessible:No
Zone:3[2]
Electrified:1928[3]
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Highland Avenue station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, one of two stations in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13 Business) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.

Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester, Chester Transportation Center. The site of Subaru Park, the home venue of soccer team Philadelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transportation Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.

In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to Subaru Park.[4]

Station layout

Highland Avenue has two low-level wooden side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Highland Avenue Station . July 12, 2023 . . en-US.
  2. Web site: April 16, 2023 . Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable . July 11, 2023 . SEPTA.
  3. News: Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy . January 31, 2021 . The Every Evening . October 1, 1928 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
  4. http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/08/14/news/doc4e4739928a59f817836040.txt "Study: Build train station closer to Chester’s waterfront," by Jeff Wolfe (Delaware County Daily Times: Sunday, August 14, 2011)