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 Manayunk station in downtown Manayunk as seen on the Center City-bound platform, April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 4402 Cresson Street Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°01′37″N75°13′31″W / 40.0269°N 75.2253°W /40.0269; -75.2253 | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||
| Line | Norristown Branch | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus:35,61,62 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | no | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | February 5, 1933[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 723 boardings 571 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 30 of 146 | ||||||||||||||||
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Manayunk station is a station located along the SEPTAManayunk/Norristown rail line. It is located at Cresson and Carson Streets in theManayunk neighborhood of northwestPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. InFY 2013, Manayunk station had a weekday average of 654 boardings and 563 alightings.[3]
The original Manayunk station was built by thePhiladelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad (PG&N) in 1834, a predecessor ofReading Railroad (RDG). It was located on Green Lane near the corner of Main Street.
When thePennsylvania Railroad (PRR) built theSchuylkill Branch they also built their ownManayunk station at the foot of the massivePencoyd 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 theCynwyd Line, until May 1986 when the line was cut back to its present terminus.
Following the construction of PRR's Manayunk station, thePhiladelphia & 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.[4]
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 theManayunk Main Street Historic District, which has been on theNational Register of Historic Places since 1993.
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