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 Daylesford station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 1301Lancaster Avenue,Berwyn, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′35″N75°27′38″W / 40.04295°N 75.4606°W /40.04295; -75.4606 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Amtrak[1] | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | AmtrakKeystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA Suburban Bus:106 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Platformed-plexiglass shelter | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 152 spaces (daily) | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 2 racks (4 spaces) | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 11, 1915[2] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 258[3] (weekday boardings) | ||||||||||||
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Daylesford station is acommuter rail station located in the western suburbs ofPhiladelphia at Glenn Avenue and Lancaster Avenue inBerwyn, Pennsylvania.[4] It is served by mostPaoli/Thorndale Line trains.
The Daylesford station has no station building. There is a shelter for eastbound waiting passengers. This station replaced an older wooden shelter built by thePennsylvania 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 fromPhiladelphia'sSuburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 258, and the average total weekday alightings was 232.[3]
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.[citation needed]
Daylesford has two low-levelside platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.
