Rosemont station (SEPTA) explained

Rosemont
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:43 Airdale Road, Rosemont, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0281°N -75.3274°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: SEPTA Suburban Bus: (on Lancaster Avenue)
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:112 spaces (90 daily, 22 permit)
Bicycle:5 racks (10 spaces)
Passengers:323 boardings
321 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:1880
Electrified:September 11, 1915[2]
Owned:Amtrak[3]
Operator:SEPTA
Zone:3
Pass Rank:81 of 146
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Rosemont station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It is located at Airdale Road and Montrose Avenues and is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

The station was originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad between 1863 and 1871 (appears on 1871 atlas). As a modern SEPTA station, the building is also occupied by a real estate broker's office and underwent renovations for this use in 1983. The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:00 AM to 10:55 AM excluding holidays. There are 112 parking spaces at the station. This station is 10.9 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 323, and the average total weekday alightings was 321.[4]

Station layout

Rosemont has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

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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. Web site: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . 43-46.