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Daylesford station

Railway station in Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
name	Daylesford
style	SEPTA	style2=SEPTA Regional Rail
symbol_location	septa
symbol	septa
image	Daylesford_Station_Pennsylvania.jpg
image_caption	Daylesford station
address	1301 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
coordinates
line	Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
other	SEPTA Suburban Bus:
structure	Platformed-plexiglass shelter
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	4
parking	152 spaces (daily)
bicycle	2 racks (4 spaces)
passengers	258
pass_year	2017
pass_system	weekday boardings
electrified	September 11, 1915
accessible	No
owned	Amtrak
operator	SEPTA
zone	3
services
other_services_header	Former services
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Pennsylvania Railroad
line2	Paoli Line	left2=Paoli	right2=Berwyn
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail

(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = # | mapframe-marker = rail

Daylesford station is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at Glenn Avenue and Lancaster Avenue in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. maps.google.com It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

Description

The Daylesford station has no station building. There is a shelter for eastbound waiting passengers. This station replaced an older wooden shelter built by the Pennsylvania Railroad that was located on Lincoln Highway and Conestoga Lane. It was razed in 2000.

There is no ticket office at this station. There are 152 parking spaces at the station. This station is 18.6 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 258, and the average total weekday alightings was 232.

The station is best known to commuters by the iconic station announcement "Dayles-ford" by the SEPTA conductors to signify arrival at the station. Emphasis is placed on the "Dayles" rolling into "ford" with a soften 'd'. In 2012, new SEPTA trains implemented a computerized announcement system leaving long time riders of the Paoli/Thorndale line nostalgic for the spirited human voice.

Station layout

Daylesford has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

References

"Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan". SEPTA.
(September 12, 1915). "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R.". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor". Federal Railroad Administration.

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