40°03′31″N75°15′59″W / 40.0587°N 75.2665°W /40.0587; -75.2665
Miquon  | |||||||||||||
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 The Center City-bound platform and shelter at Miquon station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 1096 River Road Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania 19452 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Norristown Branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 230 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | February 5, 1933[1] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Lafayette | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 444 boardings 442 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 57 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Miquon station is a suburban commuter railroad station on theSEPTAManayunk/Norristown Line, located at River and Manor Roads in theMiquon section ofWhitemarsh Township,Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,United States. It is the first station on the line outsidePhiladelphia.
InFY 2013, Miquon station had a weekday average of 483 boardings and 452 alightings.[3]
The station is adjacent to a large office park (River Park I and II), which was redeveloped from a former paper mill in 1999.[4][5] As of April 2013, parking includes about 60 spaces adjacent to the tracks along River Road, and 170 spaces in the River Park II lot; the latter lot has been shrinking in size due to the expansion of a private school (AIM Academy) which leased most of the River Park II complex beginning in 2011.[6]
The station building on the outbound side is leased to an outside party and does not currently sell tickets. There is a shelter on the inbound side; connecting the two platforms is an official pedestriancrossing.
Miquon is expected to become a temporary turnback point for trains at times when the line isflooded by theSchuylkill River aroundSpring Mill andConshohocken. A newremotely controlledinterlocking has been built near the station for this purpose, as part of a project to install a moderncab signal system on the line.[7]
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