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49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia

49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia

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symbolsepta
imageFile:SEPTA 49th Street regional rail station 02.jpg
image_captionSEPTA regional rail train at 49th Street station on the Media/Wawa line.
address49th Street & Chester Avenue
Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
otherSEPTA Metro: at 49th–Chester
SEPTA City Bus:
platform2 side platforms
tracks2
electrifiedDecember 2, 1928
accessibleyes
ownedSEPTA
zone1
services{{Adjacent stations
systemSEPTAline=Media/Wawaleft=Angoraright=Penn Medicine
system2SEPTA Metro
line4T3 adjleft4=Mount Moriahright4=40th Street Portalnote-mid4=major stops}}
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Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SEPTA City Bus: | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail 49th Street station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia. It is located at 1104 South 49th Street in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, and serves the Media/Wawa Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.

The station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible. Chester Avenue carries the T3 trolley, which is part of the SEPTA Metro system. The trolleys use an alternate track embedded in 49th Street when the tunnels are closed. If there's construction happening somewhere along Woodland Avenue, T4 & T5 trolleys can operate via Chester Avenue and make a left at 49th Street, which will take them to 49th-Woodland. 49th Street station is also served by SEPTA bus route 64 which serves 50th and Parkside Avenue going north and Pier 70 Shopping Plaza going south.

Entrance to the 49th Street station

The Media/Wawa line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.

Station layout

49th Street has two low-level side platforms.

References

References

  1. (November 30, 1928). "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times.
  2. "SEPTA (May 2014). ''Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.'' p. 62".
  3. Peniston, Bradley. (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com.
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