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Manayunk station

Railway station in Philadelphia

Field	Value
name	Manayunk
style	SEPTA
style2	SEPTA Regional Rail
symbol_location	septa
symbol	septa
image	Manayunk Station.jpg
image_caption	Manayunk station in downtown Manayunk as seen on the Center City-bound platform, April 2012
address	4402 Cresson Street
Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
coordinates
line	Norristown Branch
other	SEPTA City Bus:
platform	2 side platforms
tracks	2
parking	no
passengers	723 boardings
571 alightings
(weekday average)
pass_year	2017
electrified	February 5, 1933
accessible	No
owned	SEPTA
zone	2
pass_rank	30 of 146
services
other_services_collapsible	yes
other_services_header	Former services
other_services	{{Adjacent stations	system=Reading Company	line=Main Line	left=Conshohocken	right=Wissahickon
line2	Norristown Branch	left2=Glen Willow	right2=Wissahickon}}
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14
mapframe-marker-color	#
mapframe-marker	rail

Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 571 alightings (weekday average) | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = # | mapframe-marker = rail Manayunk station is a station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown rail line. It is located at Cresson and Carson Streets in the Manayunk neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In FY 2013, Manayunk station had a weekday average of 654 boardings and 563 alightings.

History

The original Manayunk station was built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (PG&N) in 1834, a predecessor of Reading Railroad (RDG). It was located on Green Lane near the corner of Main Street.

When the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) built the Schuylkill Branch they also built their own Manayunk station at the foot of the massive Pencoyd Viaduct (on the corner of Dupont and High Streets). After SEPTA was formed by the combination of RDG and PRR, this station was designated West Manayunk, and then Manayunk West, a station on the Cynwyd Line, until May 1986 when the line was cut back to its present terminus.

Following the construction of PRR's Manayunk station, the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (RDG) demolished their own station, in 1884, and replaced it with a new station at the intersection of Cresson and Roxborough Streets. This third Manayunk Station was built at street level, much like the original station and the nearby competition.

The fourth and current station was built by RDG in 1930 as part of a grade-separation project which eliminated running down the middle of Cresson Street.

The line near Manayunk station serves as part of the border for the Manayunk Main Street Historic District, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993.

References

(June 2020). "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". [[SEPTA]].
(February 4, 1933). "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times.
"SEPTA (May 2014). ''Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan.'' p. 61".
[http://www.west2k.com/pastations/philadelphia.shtml Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]

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