East Falls (SEPTA station)

East Falls
SEPTA regional rail
The East Falls station in December 2012.
Location	3600 Midvale Avenue East Falls, PA, 19129
Coordinates	40°00′41″N 75°11′31″W / 40.0114°N 75.1920°WCoordinates: 40°00′41″N 75°11′31″W / 40.0114°N 75.1920°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Manayunk/Norristown Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Fare zone	1
Electrified	1931
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Allegheny toward 30th Street Station Manayunk/Norristown Line Wissahickon toward Elm Street, Norristown

East Falls is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the East Falls section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot. In FY 2013, East Falls station had a weekday average of 625 boardings and 553 alightings.^[1]

Though little more than a pair of platforms with open shelters and a trailer, it serves as a replacement for a former Reading Railroad station^[2] which was opened in 1912, and burnt down approximately in 1982.^[3] It contains a staircase leading to Cresson Street and the station on the north side of the viaduct over Midvale Avenue, and a pedestrian crosswalk with a traffic signal exclusively for that crosswalk on the south side.

References

1. SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61 PDF (539 KB)
2. Images of former East Falls Reading Railroad station from 1912 and 1978
3. Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

External links

• SEPTA – East Falls Station
• Midvale Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station from Google Maps Street View