| Jenkintown–Wyncote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style: | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style2: | SEPTA Regional Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Symbol Location: | septa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Symbol: | septa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Address: | 2 Greenwood Avenue Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned: | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking: | 430-space parking lot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened: | 1859 (NPRR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | March 24, 1932 (Reading)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified: | July 26, 1931[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former: | Jenkintown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers: | 1,246 boardings 1,702 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 9 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other: | SEPTA City Bus: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible: | No, planned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jenkintown–Wyncote station (originally Jenkintown station) is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown borough and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, with a mailing address in Jenkintown. It is the ninth-busiest station in the regional rail system, and the fourth busiest outside Center City. Despite this, the station is not wheelchair accessible. SEPTA had plans to make the station wheelchair accessible by 2020, but these have not yet been completed.[4]
Jenkintown–Wyncote station was built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad,[5] and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. Designed by well-known Gilded Age architect Horace Trumbauer, the station remains in use to this day,[6] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a Regional Rail junction, served by three SEPTA lines (Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton) along with service to and from Philadelphia International Airport. There is a 450-space parking lot.[7] The West Trenton Line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station. In 2024, plans for upgrades to the station were announced.[8] [9]
This station is served by the Lansdale/Doylestown Line, Warminster Line, and West Trenton Line.[10] These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the ninth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the third-busiest outside the City of Philadelphia, with 1,246 average weekday boardings and 1,702 average weekday alightings in FY 2017.
Jenkintown–Wyncote has two low-level side platforms connected by a tunnel underneath the tracks. The ticket office and a small waiting area with heating and air conditioning are on the inbound side, and an unheated indoor waiting area is on the outbound side. Jenkintown's West Avenue runs along the outbound side, and the inbound side of the station borders parking, Ralph Morgan Park, and Glenside Avenue in Wyncote.
