Villanova station (SEPTA Regional Rail) explained

Villanova
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:308 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.0388°N -75.3422°W
Line:Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Other: SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:4
Parking:167 spaces (85 daily, 82 permit)
Bicycle:5 racks (10 spaces)
Passengers:466 boardings
447 alightings
(weekday average)[1]
Pass Year:2017
Opened:[2]
Electrified:September 11, 1915[3]
Owned:Amtrak[4]
Operator:SEPTA
Zone:3
Pass Rank:55 of 146
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

Villanova station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It is in Radnor Township,[5] located on North Spring Mill Road (PA 320) near County Line Road and serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

The station building was originally built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and is within the campus of Villanova University. The eastbound and westbound platforms are ground-level and are connected by an underground handicap accessible pedestrian tunnel running beneath the tracks (which replaced the old non-handicapped accessible tunnel in 2018[6]) The station building is also home to a small café called "Rosie's Coffee".[7] There are 167 parking spaces at the station, including SEPTA permit parking. This station is 12.0 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 466, and the average total weekday alightings was 447.[8]

Station layout

Villanova 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 2021 Service Plan Update. . June 2020 . 24 . March 11, 2022.
  2. http://www.west2k.com/pastations/delawarepa.htm 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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521112835/http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/RRDev/key_vol_1.pdf . May 21, 2011 .
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: Villanova Station Improvements Station & Loop Improvements Rebuilding For The Future SEPTA.org . septa.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207175649/http://septa.org/rebuilding/station/villanova.html . 2015-12-07.
  7. Web site: Rosie's Coffee.
  8. Web site: Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . 43–46.