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Bryn Mawr (SEPTA station)

SEPTA.svg Bryn Mawr
SEPTA regional rail
Bryn Mawr, PA SEPTA Station (2011).jpg
Bryn Mawr SEPTA Regional Rail Station
Location 77 Morris Avenue & Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Coordinates 40°01′19″N 75°18′57″W / 40.02194°N 75.31583°W / 40.02194; -75.31583Coordinates: 40°01′19″N 75°18′57″W / 40.02194°N 75.31583°W / 40.02194; -75.31583
Owned by Amtrak
Operated by SEPTA
Line(s) Keystone Corridor (Main Line)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bus transport SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105, 106 (on Lancaster Avenue)
Construction
Parking 254 spaces (45 daily, 153 permit, 55 municipal meters)
Bicycle facilities 9 racks (24 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1869
Rebuilt 1963
Electrified September 11, 1915
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 831 (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
toward Thorndale
Paoli/Thorndale Line
  Former services  
Pennsylvania Railroad
toward Chicago
Main Line
toward Paoli
Paoli Line

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. 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 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 831 and the average total weekday alightings was 757.

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.

The original Gothic revival station, circa 1870, demolished in 1963.

Stereoscopic view from the 1870s. Robert N. Dennis Collection, New York Public Library.

Bryn Mawr Station as it appeared circa 1875.

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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