St. Davids station explained

St. Davids
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Coordinates:40.0439°N -75.3735°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:107 spaces (57 daily, 50 public daily)
Bicycle:4 racks (14 spaces)
Passengers:242[1]
Pass Year:2017
Pass System:weekday boardings
Opened:1890[2]
Electrified:September 11, 1915[3]
Owned:Amtrak[4]
Zone:3
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

St. Davids station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at the intersection of Chamounix Road & Glynn Lane, Wayne, Pennsylvania.[5] Named for the nearby historic Episcopal church, the station is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. There is no ticket office at this station. There are 107 parking spaces at the station (57 SEPTA spaces, 50 non-SEPTA spaces). There are also 5 bike racks available that can accommodate up to 20 bikes.[6] It is in Radnor Township.[7] St. Davids station is 13.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station, and was originally built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station depot was demolished in 1966 and replaced with the existing structure.[8] In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 242, and the average total weekday alightings was 278.[1]

There is currently an ongoing effort to raise funding for a planned restoration of the station shelters to their original 19th-century condition. This restoration includes replacing later woodwork that utilized simple designs not matching original specifications, return of cast-iron Pennsylvania Railroad station signage, and repainting the station shelters to historically accurate colors.[9]

Station layout

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . 43–46.
  2. http://www.west2k.com/pastations/delawarepa.shtml Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  3. News: Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R. . August 22, 2020 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 12, 1915 . 4. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor . Federal Railroad Administration . 9 January 2013 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf . May 21, 2011 .
  5. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chamounix+Road+%26+Glynn+Ln,+St+Davids,+PA&spn=0.020162,0.028049&hl=en Google Map of Saint Davids Station location
  6. Web site: St. Davids Station . Septa . 7 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Township Map. Radnor Township. 2019-09-01. 2019-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901072733/https://www.radnor.com/DocumentCenter/View/1221/Township-Map-PDF. dead.
  8. Book: Yanosey, Robert. Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color. 2009. Morning Sun Books, Inc . 3: Philadelphia Division. Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 978-1582482552. 96.
  9. Web site: What We're Doing. Friends of St. Davids Station. 2013-01-18.