Noble station explained

Noble
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:Old York Road and Rodman Avenue
Abington Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1045°N -75.1247°W
Line:Neshaminy Line
Other: SEPTA City Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:61
Opened:1889 (NPRR)
Rebuilt:June - October 1901 (Reading)[1] [2]
Electrified:July 26, 1931[3]
Accessible:No
Owned:SEPTA
Zone:3
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Noble station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Old York Road and Rodman Avenue in the community of Noble in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking. In FY 2013, Noble station had a weekday average of 222 boardings and 252 alightings.[4]

History

Noble station was originally built in 1901 by the Reading Railroad, as a replacement for a former North Pennsylvania Railroad built in 1889 and dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison.[5] It is the last stop inbound before Jenkintown-Wyncote station in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where it merges with the Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines.

Station layout

Noble has two low-level side platforms.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Railroad Notes . July 3, 2019 . The Philadelphia Times . June 7, 1901 . 9. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Railroad Notes . July 3, 2019 . The Philadelphia Times . October 22, 1901 . 11. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Reading Installs Electric Service . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . July 26, 1931 . 8. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf . August 12, 2014 .  
  5. http://www.west2k.com/pastations/montgomerypa.shtml Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania