Elkins Park (SEPTA station)

Elkins Park
SEPTA regional rail
Elkins Park Station, from the intersection of Park and Spring Avenues
Location	7879 Spring Avenue Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Coordinates	Lansdale/Doylestown Line   Warminster Line   West Trenton Line
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 28
Construction
Parking	59 space parking lot
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1898 (or 1899)
Electrified	1931
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Melrose Park toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/Doylestown Line limited weekday service Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Doylestown Melrose Park toward University City Warminster Line Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Warminster West Trenton Line limited weekday service, no weekend service Jenkintown-Wyncote toward West Trenton   Former services   Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Melrose Park toward Fern Rock Bethlehem Branch Jenkintown-Wyncote toward Bethlehem
Elkins Railroad Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of Spring and Park Aves., Cheltenham Township, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40°4′16″N 75°7′42″W / 40.07111°N 75.12833°W / 40.07111; -75.12833Coordinates: 40°4′16″N 75°7′42″W / 40.07111°N 75.12833°W / 40.07111; -75.12833
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1898
Architect	Cope & Stewardson Co.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	90001609
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1990

Elkins Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its notable architecture. The station is located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Spring Avenue. Elkins Park station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line.

The station was constructed in 1898 by Cope & Stewardson, at a cost of $40,000. Originally, it was known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Elkins Railroad station, but has also been known as Elkins Park station and Ashbourne station. The Queen Anne Style architecture of the station resulted in the station being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

The station has low-level, non-handicapped accessible, railway platforms. In FY 2013, Elkins Park station had a weekday average of 632 boardings and 599 alightings.

Elkins Park station is located along one of SEPTA's main rail lines. The station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the Warminster Line, limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the West Trenton Line trains, and limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.