Bryn Mawr station (SEPTA Regional Rail)
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Location | 54 North Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°01′19″N 75°18′57″W / 40.02194°N 75.31583°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Amtrak[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SEPTA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 9 racks (24 spaces) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1869[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | September 11, 1915[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 937 boardings 930 alightings (weekday average)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 18 of 146 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryn Mawr station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Morris and Bryn Mawr Avenues.[5] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of a few "limited" and express trains.
The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 6:05 a.m. to 6:05 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 254 parking spaces at the station. This station is in fare zone 3 and is 10.1 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 937 and the average total weekday alightings was 930.[6]
History
[edit]The original station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and built in 1869 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was demolished in 1963, and replaced by a mid-20th Century mock-colonial style structure. The former freight house on the south side of the tracks, which dates back to 1870, is currently a local restaurant.[2]
The interlocking tower was placed in service on August 11, 1895 but suffered a fire in 1994 and its duties were transferred to Paoli Tower.[7][8][9]
The original substation constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1913–1915 at the station was part of a project to electrify the line between Broad Street Station in Philadelphia and Paoli Station and was the first catenary electrification project done by the Pennsylvania Railroad.[10][11] The substation has since been relegated to switching duties.[12] It was proposed in 2013 that this substation be replaced as part of a larger project, but that was rejected by local government.[12]
A train crash occurred at the station on May 18, 1951 injuring 63 and killing 8.[13] There is also an interlocking tower and an interlocking at this station.[14]
Station layout
[edit]Bryn Mawr has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks. It also contains a tunnel below the tracks connecting the two platforms.
Image gallery
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The original Gothic revival station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963.
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Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, New York Public Library.
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Bryn Mawr station as it appeared circa 1875.
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Panoramic view of Bryn Mawr station looking east with 1895 Interlocking Control Tower as Amtrak's daily westbound run of its New York to Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian passes on Track 3.
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Old substation built for the 1915 electrification project at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Outdoor yard is an addition.
References
[edit]- ^ "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ a b Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Bryn Mawr interlocking machine".
- ^ "PHOTOS: PAOLI Interlocking". 22 March 2012.
- ^ "PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 13 (PAOLI to PENN)". 22 May 2012.
- ^ "The Paoli Local: 100 Years of Electrification on the Pennsylvania Railroad". 11 September 2015.
- ^ "The Electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Broad Street Terminal, Philadelphia, to Paoli". The Electric Journal. XII (12). Pittsburgh, PA: The Electric Journal Co.: 536–541 December 1915.
- ^ a b "Height of poles, safety are concerns at Amtrak meeting; more sessions scheduled tonight and June 6".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "8 KILLED, 63 HURT, AS FLYER ON P.R.R. RIPS HALTED TRAIN". The New York Times. 19 May 1951. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "Interlocking Towers on Amtrak's Right-of-Way in Pennsylvania" (PDF).
External links
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- SEPTA – Bryn Mawr station
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1081, "Pennsylvania Railroad Bryn Mawr Station, Bryn Mawr and Morris Avenues, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, PA", 5 photos, 5 data pages, supplemental material
- SEPTA Regional Rail stations
- Stations on the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1869
- 1869 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Former Amtrak stations in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in Pennsylvania at university and college campuses