49th Street station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

49th Street
SEPTA regional rail train at 49th Street station on the Media/Wawa line.
General information
Location49th Street & Chester Avenue
Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′37″N 75°12′59″W / 39.94363°N 75.21651°W / 39.94363; -75.21651
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections SEPTA Metro: at 49th–Chester
SEPTA City Bus: 64
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1
History
ElectrifiedDecember 2, 1928[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Angora
toward Wawa Station
 Media/Wawa Line Penn Medicine Station
toward Temple University
Preceding station SEPTA Metro Following station
Yeadon
Terminus
major stops
 40th Street Portal
toward 13th Street
Yeadon
limited service
toward Darby T.C.
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Angora
toward West Chester
 West Chester Line Philadelphia
toward Suburban Station
Location

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.[2]

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. A track on 49th St runs between the T2 trolley on Baltimore Avenue, with the remainder of the southern T network a few blocks southeast at Woodland Avnue. 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.

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.[3]

Station layout

49th Street has two low-level side platforms.

References

  1. ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Peniston, Bradley (February 14, 2013). "Short History of a Short Street". Navybook.com. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

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