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Downingtown station

Rail station in Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
name	Downingtown
style	SEPTA
style2	SEPTA Regional Rail
symbol_location	septa
symbol	septa
image	Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018a.jpg
image_caption	Station with downtown Downingtown in the background
address	159 Viaduct Avenue
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
country	United States
coordinates
line	Amtrak Keystone Corridor
(Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
other	SEPTA Suburban Bus:
structure	Enclosed plexiglas shelters
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	3
parking	360 spaces (226 daily, 134 municipal)
bicycle	2 racks (4 spaces)
mpassengers
{{Rail pass box	passengers	291 boardings
312 alightings
(weekday average)
pass_year	2017	system=SEPTA	pass_rank=92 of 146 (SEPTA)}}
opened	19th century
rebuilt	1990s
accessible	No
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	15
mapframe-marker-color	#000
mapframe-marker	rail
electrified	January 15, 1938
code
owned	Amtrak
zone	4 (SEPTA)
years1	February 24, 1992
events1	Pennsylvania Railroad depot burned
services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Amtrak
line1	Keystone Service	left1=Coatesville	right1=Exton
line2	Pennsylvanian	nonstop2=yes
system3	SEPTA	line3=Paoli/Thorndale	left3=Thorndale	right3=Whitford
other_services_header	Former services
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services	{{Adjacent stations	system1=Amtrak
line1	Keystone Service	note-mid1=Before 1988	left1=Coatesville	right1=Whitford	to-right1=Suburban Station
line2	Pennsylvanian	left2=Lancaster	right2=Exton
system3	SEPTA
line3	Parkesburg	left3=Coatesville	right3=Whitford	note-left3=Closed 1996	note-mid3=Discontinued 1996
system4	Pennsylvania Railroad
line5	main	left5=Thorndale	right5=Woodbine

Downingtown, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail Downingtown station is a commuter and intercity passenger rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak Keystone Service and SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. Amtrak's Pennsylvanian does not stop here. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 291, and the average total SEPTA weekday alightings was 312.

History

Harrisburg-bound Amtrak ''Keystone Service'' train in November 2018

The original Downingtown station was built in the 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early morning of February 24, 1992. The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.

Planned replacement station

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has proposed building a new train station for Downingtown "at about a quarter mile south of Lancaster Avenue on Brandywine Avenue/US 322" starting in 2025.

Station layout

There is no ticket office at this station. There are 360 parking spaces for daily parking at the station–223 spaces are owned by SEPTA, and the remaining are part of an adjacent municipal lot. This is 32.8 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. Downingtown is the westernmost Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor that is also served by SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale service. Additionally, the SEPTA Route 135 bus serves the station.

Downingtown has two low-level side platforms. A center track is not used for passenger service.

Gallery

Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018.jpg|Station entrance sign Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018c.jpg|Station platform Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018b.jpg|Station with downtown in background Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018d.jpg|Transfer tunnel Downingtown_Station_Pennsylvania_2018e.jpg|Stairs to the tunnel Downingtown SEPTA and Amtrak station from inbound platform November 2018.jpeg|Philadelphia-bound platform at Downingtown station Downingtown station inbound SEPTA train November 2018.jpeg|Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Downingtown station in November 2018

References

(June 2020). "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". [[SEPTA]].
(January 15, 1938). "Pennsy Completes New Electric Link". The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader.
"Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor". Federal Railroad Administration.
"Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan". SEPTA.
(February 25, 1992). "Blaze Destroys Historic Train Station in Downingtown". The Philadelphia Inquirera.
[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/pastations.htm Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past and Present]
(2022-02-01). "Start of construction for new Downingtown Train Station set for 2025".

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