Claymont (SEPTA station)

Claymont
SEPTA Regional Rail commuter station
Claymont station in April 2012, facing south
Location	Myrtle & Marion Avenues Claymont, Delaware
Coordinates	39°47′51″N 75°27′08″W / 39.7976°N 75.4521°W / 39.7976; -75.4521Coordinates: 39°47′51″N 75°27′08″W / 39.7976°N 75.4521°W / 39.7976; -75.4521
Line(s)	Wilmington/Newark Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	DART First State: 1, 61
Construction
Parking	509 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Closed	1982–1990
Rebuilt	1991
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Wilmington toward Newark Wilmington/Newark Line Marcus Hook toward Temple University   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Edge Moor toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Naaman toward Suburban Station

Claymont station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Claymont, Delaware; Amtrak services do not stop here and the station is only served by SEPTA. This station is the first stop in Delaware, continuing towards Wilmington and Newark. It is located at Myrtle & Marion Avenues and includes a 509 space parking lot. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The south end of the station contains a long pedestrian bridge that crosses over Interstate 495 to Governor Printz Boulevard. The former depot, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, burned down in the late 1980s.

The current Claymont station is slated to be replaced with the Claymont Regional Transportation Center. The new station will be located ¹⁄₂ mile (0.80 km) north of the current station at the former site of Evraz Claymont Steel, which is being redeveloped into a mixed-use office, commercial, and light industrial development, and will have connections to area roads, public transportation, and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Plans for the new station date back to 2005. On July 29, 2016, the Claymont Regional Transportation Center received a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The new station is projected to cost $40 million and is expected to open in 2020.