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Wilmington/Newark Line

SEPTA Regional Rail service

Field	Value
name	Wilmington/Newark Line
color
image	SEPTA R2 Gliding Along.jpg
caption	A 2-car Silverliner IV train seen at Prospect Park station
type	Commuter rail
system	SEPTA Regional Rail
start	Newark
end	Temple University
stations	22
daily_ridership	4,301 (FY 2024)
operator	SEPTA Regional Rail
stock	Electric Multiple Units, push-pull trains
gauge
electrification	Overhead line, 12 kV 25 Hz AC
website	septa.org
map	{{switcher
{{maplink-road	from	Wilmington/Newark Line.map}}

The Wilmington/Newark Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail system in the Philadelphia area. The line serves southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, with stations in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and Newark, Delaware. It is the longest of the 13 SEPTA Regional Rail lines.

Route

The Wilmington/Newark Line runs on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, making local stops along the way.

Only weekday peak trains run to Newark. All trains on weekends terminate at Wilmington. Service in Delaware is funded in part by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT).

, most weekday Wilmington/Newark trains operate through the Center City tunnel to and from Lansdale/Doylestown Line points. All weekend Wilmington trains run through to and from Elm Street in Norristown on the Manayunk/Norristown Line.

History

The line north of Wilmington was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. The original alignment was opened January 17, 1838, and on November 18, 1872, a realignment opened north of Chester (part of the old route is now used for the Airport Line). South of Wilmington the line was built by the Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad and opened July 31, 1837. The Pennsylvania Railroad obtained control in the early 1880s. Electrified service was opened between Philadelphia and Wilmington on September 30, 1928. Electrified operation was extended to Newark and beyond to Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1935. In 1968, the Pennsylvania Railroad merged into Penn Central. In 1976 Conrail took over, and SEPTA took over on January 1, 1983. When SEPTA took over service, commuter rail service in Delaware was eliminated, with the Claymont and Edgemoor stations closed.

Under SEPTA, commuter service from Philadelphia originally terminated in Marcus Hook. On January 16, 1989, service was extended south into Delaware to end at Wilmington. A stop was added in Claymont in 1991. SEPTA service was extended south from Wilmington to Newark September 2, 1997. The Churchmans Crossing station between Wilmington and Newark opened in 2000.[[File:R2 Newark.gif|left|200px]] On July 25, 2010, SEPTA renamed the service from the R2 Newark to the Wilmington/Newark Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines. This also ended the combined R2 Newark/R2 Warminster service.

SEPTA activated positive train control on the Wilmington/Newark Line on May 1, 2017.

On April 9, 2020, service on the line was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though Penn Medicine Station was still being served by other rail services. Service between 30th Street Station and Wilmington resumed May 10, 2020 on a modified schedule as part of the Southwest Connection Improvement Program. Service to Newark resumed on January 25, 2021, in order to offer public transit options during a construction project along Interstate 95 in Wilmington. Previously, Amtrak announced the completion of the Delaware Third Rail Project in December 2020. The project installed the third track between Wilmington and Newark that would increase the capacity.

Station list

The Wilmington/Newark Line trains make the following station stops, after leaving the Center City Commuter Connection:

State	url=https://schedules.septa.org/current/WIL.pdf	title=Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable	date=May 19, 2024	publisher=Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	access-date=June 17, 2024	location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}	Location	Station	Miles (km)
from
Center City	Date opened	Connections / notes
PA	CC	University City,
Philadelphia		1.8 mi		SEPTA Regional Rail:
SEPTA City Bus:
2	Darby	Darby	6.1 mi
Sharon Hill		6.8 mi	title=New Curtis Park Station	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53195010/?terms=%22Curtis+Park+station%22	access-date=April 1, 2018	work=Delaware County Daily Times	date=March 5, 1949	page=2	via=Newspapers.com}}	SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Academy			Closed March 7, 1949
	7.2 mi		SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Folcroft		7.7 mi		SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Glenolden		8.3 mi
Norwood		9.0 mi
Prospect Park		9.5 mi		last1=Baer	first1=Christopher T.	title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932	url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1932%204_15_15.pdf	publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society	access-date=December 7, 2015}}
3	Ridley Park		10.4 mi	1871
	11.2 mi		SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Eddystone
Baldwin			Closed October 4, 1981
	12.3 mi		SEPTA City Bus:
Chester	Chester T.C.	13.4 mi		SEPTA City Bus:
SEPTA Suburban Bus:
			url=http://dvarp.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dvrp0307.pdf	title=On the Railroad Lines	magazine=The Delaware Valley Rail Passenger	date=July 2003	publisher=Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers	access-date=October 30, 2017	volume=21	issue=6–7	archive-date=May 10, 2017	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510115118/http://dvarp.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/dvrp0307.pdf	url-status=dead }}
	15.5 mi		SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Trainer	Trainer			last=Baer	first=Christopher T.	url=http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1978.pdf	title=A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1978	publisher=Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society	date=April 2015	accessdate=January 14, 2025	quote=Mar. 26, 1978 – SEPTA discontinues station stops at Trainer and Naaman on Wilmington Line.	page=8}}
Marcus Hook		17.1 mi		SEPTA Suburban Bus:
DE	4	Claymont	Naaman			Closed March 26, 1978
	19.6 mi	title=Delaware State Rail Plan	url=http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/srp/srp_final.pdf	publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation	access-date=October 30, 2017	page=4-6, 4-8	date=2011}}	DART First State: 13, 61
SEPTA Suburban Bus:
Edgemoor	Edge Moor			title=Rail Unions Set Strike Deadline	url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14783512/septa_deadline_february_10_1983/	access-date=October 30, 2017	work=The Morning News	date=February 10, 1983	location=Wilmington, Delaware	page=23	via=Newspapers.com}}
Wilmington		26.8 mi	1989	Amtrak: Acela, Cardinal, Carolinian, Crescent, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Vermonter
Greyhound Lines
DART First State: 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 28, 33, 35, 40, 301, 305 (seasonal)
Newark		32.5 mi	2000	DART First State: 64
	38.7 mi	1997	Amtrak: Northeast Regional
DART First State: 10, 33, 46, DART Connect
Cecil Transit: 4

Ridership

Between FY 2013-FY 2019 annual ridership on the Wilmington/Newark Line ranged between 2.5 and 2.8 million before collapsing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notes

References

(November 26, 1994). "DelDOT Questions Planned Rail Stops". The News Journal.
(2011). "Delaware State Rail Plan". Delaware Department of Transportation.
(May 1, 2017). "Positive Train Control Update". SEPTA.
"Service Information". [[SEPTA]].
(2020). "SEPTA Regional Rail & Rail Transit Lifeline Service". [[SEPTA]].
"Southwest Connection Improvement Program". SEPTA.
"Regional Rail Select Schedule Changes – Select Lines Sunday, January 24, 2021". SEPTA.
(2020-12-07). "Amtrak Completes Delaware Third Track Project". Amtrak Media.
(May 19, 2024). "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable". Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
(March 5, 1949). "New Curtis Park Station". Delaware County Daily Times.
"A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932". Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society.
(November 23, 1880). "Latest News By Mail". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer.
(September 24, 1981). "Rail Cuts Approved by SEPTA". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(July 2003). "On the Railroad Lines". Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers.
Baer, Christopher T.. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1978". [[Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society]].
(January 6, 1978). "Public Notice: Station Abandonment". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
(2011). "Delaware State Rail Plan". [[Delaware Department of Transportation]].
(February 10, 1983). "Rail Unions Set Strike Deadline". The Morning News.
SEPTA Data Group. "Route Operating Statistics".
"SEPTA Route Statistics".

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