Willow Grove  | |||||||||||||
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 Willow Grove station viewed from the southwest | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | York Road and Davisville Road Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°08′37″N75°06′51″W / 40.1436°N 75.1143°W /40.1436; -75.1143 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Warminster Branch | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus:22,55,310,311 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | 190 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Two racks | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 388 boardings 349 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 68 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Willow Grove station is aSEPTA station on theWarminster Line, located inWillow Grove, Pennsylvania. The station, located on York Road (PA 611) and Davisville Roads, features a 190-space parking lot. Willow Grove station was originally built in 1886 by theReading Railroad, and replaced by a stone structure built in 1939. The station house was closed in 1965, but continues to serve passengers.[3]
Willow Grove station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. There are two bike racks available that can hold up to four bicycles. Willow Grove station has a daily parking lot with 116 spaces that charges $1 a day, a permit parking lot with 32 spaces that charges $20 a month, and a daily parking lot with 42 spaces that charges 50 cents a day.[4]
Train service at Willow Grove station is provided along theWarminster Line ofSEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south toCenter City Philadelphia and north to its terminus atWarminster. Willow Grove station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through theCenter City Commuter Connection tunnel and becomeAirport Line trains, providing service to thePhiladelphia International Airport.[5] InFY 2013, Willow Grove station had a weekday average of 472 boardings and 515 alightings.[6]
The Willow Grove station has a ticket office which is only open on weekdays from 5:15 AM to 11:15 AM. Several benches for sitting on while people wait for the train to come are also available, all of them under a canopy-type roof so that people do not get wet on rainy days.
Trains going toCenter City Philadelphia arrive at the Willow Grove station about every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the morning rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays, and trains headed towardsWarminster station arrive every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the evening rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays.
On weekdays between 5:15 am and 11:45 am, commuters can buy and/or reload a SEPTA Key Card to ride the train inside the station's ticket office, but on weekends and weekday afternoons, tickets must be purchased from the train conductor or Key Card Fares must be loaded on the SEPTA Key Website[1] or at an Exit Fare Kiosk in Center City upon departure ofWillow Grove station. Passengers buying their ticket on board the train may pay for their ticket with cash or credit card[2]. SEPTA Key Card fares purchased in advance also cost less than tickets purchased from the conductor on board the train.
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