Overbrook station explained

Overbrook
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:2193 North 63rd Street
Borough:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9899°N -75.2499°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Connections: SEPTA City Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:162 spaces (112 daily, 50 permit)
Passengers:774 boardings
717 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1860
Rebuilt:1999–2003
Electrified:September 11, 1915[2]
Accessible:yes
Owned:Amtrak[3]
Operator:SEPTA
Zone:2
Pass Rank:26 of 146
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Overbrook station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line, located near 63rd Street and City Line Avenue (US 1) in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves many of the residents of Overbrook Farms and the suburban neighborhoods across City Avenue in neighboring Montgomery County, as well as Saint Joseph's University and Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. Overbrook has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

History

The current station building was constructed around 1860 on the inbound (eastbound) side. The station, platforms, and canopies were restored from 1999 to 2003 in a $9.1 million project. A smaller shelter serves westbound passengers.

Amtrak served Overbrook with some westbound Keystone Service trips until 1987.[4]

In 2009, the station was the site of a fire involving a Budd Silverliner II electric multiple unit catching fire due to a faulty heater. [5]

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. Book: Amtrak National Train Timetables: Effective April 5, 1987 through October 24, 1987 . 24 . Amtrak . April 5, 1987 . Museum of Railway Timetables.
  5. Web site: Araiza • • . Karen . 2009-11-04 . SEPTA Train Catches Fire . 2023-10-28 . NBC10 Philadelphia . en-US.