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 Highland Avenue station platform in April 2012. TheCommodore Barry Bridge is visible in the distance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 450Highland Avenue Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°50′01″N75°23′34″W / 39.8337°N 75.3929°W /39.8337; -75.3929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | AmtrakNortheast Corridor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA Suburban Bus:113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 23 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 9rack spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | 1928[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highland Avenue station is a station along the SEPTAWilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak'sNortheast Corridor, one of two stations inChester, Pennsylvania, United States. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service toWilmington andNewark, Delaware and northbound service toPhiladelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13 Business) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.
Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester,Chester Transit Center. The site ofSubaru Park, the home venue ofsoccer teamPhiladelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transit Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.
In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to Subaru Park.[4]
Highland Avenue has two low-level woodenside platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks.Amtrak'sNortheast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.
