Germantown  | |||||||||||||
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.jpg) The outbound platform at Germantown station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 120–128 East Chelten Avenue,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°02′16″N75°10′19″W / 40.0379°N 75.1720°W /40.0379; -75.1720 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line | Chestnut Hill East Branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus:26,41,K | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 13 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1885 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | February 5, 1933[1] | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Chelten Avenue | ||||||||||||
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Germantown station is aSEPTA Regional Rail component inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Chelten Avenue and Baynton Street in theGermantown neighborhood, it serves theChestnut Hill East Line.
The station is in zone 1 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on formerReading Railroad tracks, and is 6.8 track miles fromSuburban Station.
The Germantown railway station has existed since at least 1884 when it could be found in the same place it is today on theChestnut Hill East line.[2] It was on SEPTA's R7 line until the regional-rail renaming.
On May 28, 2009, SEPTA approved a $1.9 million rehabilitation effort which included the Germantown station.[3]
In 2013, this station saw 102 boardings and 140 alightings on an average weekday.[4]
Media related toGermantown (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
