Cheltenham (SEPTA station)

Cheltenham

SEPTA regional rail

Cheltenham Station in March 2012, after construction of the new high level platform.

Location

Old Soldiers Road & Hasbrook Avenue
Cheltenham, PA 19012

Coordinates

40°03′26″N 75°05′34″W / 40.057258°N 75.092722°WCoordinates: 40°03′26″N 75°05′34″W / 40.057258°N 75.092722°W

Owned by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Fox Chase Line

Platforms

1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Parking

17 spaces

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1893

Rebuilt

1993, 2007

Electrified

Yes

Previous names

Cheltenham Junction

Services

Preceding station		SEPTA		Following station
Lawndale toward 30th Street Station		Fox Chase Line		Ryers toward Fox Chase

Cheltenham is a station located along the SEPTA Regional Rail Fox Chase Line. It is located at Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue and has a 17-space parking lot.^[1] In FY 2013, Cheltenham station had a weekday average of 267 boardings and 392 alightings.^[2]

Until 2005, the freight and commuter rail lines shared track from Newtown Junction to a point just south of Cheltenham station, where SEPTA trains utilized a crossover to travel to/from the freight track. These tracks are now segregated, with a siding having been installed between Cheltenham and Lawndale stations for SEPTA use during peak hours. The freight line eventually merges with SEPTA's West Trenton Line between Neshaminy Falls and Langhorne Stations.

Cheltenham Station serves the Burholme neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia and the eastern part of Cheltenham Township.

History

In 1993, the original 100-year-old station was destroyed by fire in what was ruled by the police as an arson.^[3] The station was replaced with a trailer serving as the ticket office. A new station and high-level platforms were opened in October 2007.^[4]

References

↑ SEPTA webpage for Cheltenham
↑ SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62 PDF (539 KB)
↑ Delaware Valley Rail Passenger, March 1993, p.2
↑ SEPTA Capital Improvement Report for Philadelphia, July 2006, p. 22.

External links

Media related to Cheltenham (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
Current schedule for the SEPTA Fox Chase/Newtown line
SEPTA station page for Cheltenham
Picture of the old station building
Station House from Google Maps Street View

SEPTA

City Transit Division	Market–Frankford Line Broad Street Line Subway–Surface Trolley Lines (Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36) Route 15 Trackless trolleys (Routes 59, 66, and 75) City surface routes

Suburban Division	Norristown High Speed Line Routes 101 and 102 Suburban bus routes

Regional Rail	Main Line Airport Line Chestnut Hill East Line Chestnut Hill West Line Cynwyd Line Fox Chase Line Lansdale/Doylestown Line Manayunk/Norristown Line Media/Elwyn Line Paoli/Thorndale Line Trenton Line Warminster Line West Trenton Line Wilmington/Newark Line

Major stations	Chester Transportation Center Exton Transportation Center Frankford Transportation Center Fern Rock Transportation Center Jefferson Station King of Prussia Transit Center Norristown Transportation Center Olney Transportation Center Suburban Station West Chester Transportation Center 30th Street Station 69th Street Transportation Center Arrott Transportation Center

Former services	Route 6 trolley Route 23 trolley Route 50 trolley Route 53 trolley Route 56 trolley Route 60 trolley Route 103 trolley Route 104 trolley Elwyn-West Chester service Cynwyd-Ivy Ridge service Fox Chase Rapid Transit Line

Miscellaneous	Roosevelt Boulevard Subway SEPTA Transit Police Silverliner Station lists Regional Rail Ex-Regional Rail Rapid transit Trolley and Interurban Swampoodle Connection

Township of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Founded 1682

Communities	Arcadia University Ashmead Village Cedarbrook Cheltenham Edge Hill Elkins Park Glenside La Mott Laverock Melrose Park Wyncote

Education	Ancillae Assumpta Academy Arcadia University Bishop McDevitt High School Cedarbrook Middle School Cheltenham High School Cheltenham Township School District Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium Gratz College Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Salus University Tyler School of Art Westminster Theological Seminary

National Historic Sites	Beth Sholom Synagogue Camp William Penn Camptown Historic District Curtis Hall Arboretum Elkins Railroad Station George K. Heller School Glenside Memorial Hall Grey Towers Castle Henry West Breyer Sr. House Milmoral Rowland House St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wall House Wyncote Historic District

Famous People	Reggie Jackson Lucretia Mott Benjamin Netanyahu Ezra Pound Wallace Triplett

See also	Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district Elkins Estate Lynnewood Hall Cheltenham Square Mall Newgrounds Tookany Creek Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham Curtis Publishing Company Einstein Medical Center Oak Lane Day School

Historical Railroads	SEPTA Route 6 North Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad

Regional Rail Lines	Main Line Airport Line Fox Chase Lansdale/Doylestown Warminster West Trenton

Regional Rail Stations	Jenkintown-Wyncote Glenside Elkins Park Melrose Park Cheltenham

SEPTA Bus Routes	6 16 18 22 24 28 55 57 70 77 80 H XH Former: C

Infrastructure	Cheltenham Township Police Department

Philadelphia Delaware Valley Pennsylvania

Mass transit in the Delaware Valley

Transit buses	SEPTA Philadelphia Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties Pottstown Pottstown Area Rapid Transit Reading Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority NJ Transit Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County suburban service Camden, Gloucester, and Salem County local service Atlantic and Cape May County local service Long-distance local routes from Philadelphia Long-distance routes from Atlantic City DART First State Kent County New Castle County

Commuter rail	SEPTA Regional Rail Airport Line Chestnut Hill East Line Chestnut Hill West Line Cynwyd Line Fox Chase Line Lansdale/Doylestown Line Manayunk/Norristown Line Media/Elwyn Line Paoli/Thorndale Line Trenton Line Warminster Line West Trenton Line Wilmington/Newark Line NJ Transit Atlantic City Line

Rapid transit and light rail	SEPTA Broad Street Line Market–Frankford Line Norristown High Speed Line Subway–Surface trolleys Route 15 Routes 101 and 102 Delaware River Port Authority PATCO Speedline NJ Transit River Line Proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro (cancelled) Greenline (cancelled) Glassboro–Camden Line Camden-Philadelphia BRT

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