Jenkintown–Wyncote (SEPTA station)

Jenkintown-Wyncote

SEPTA regional rail

Jenkintown-Wyncote Station

Location

2 Greenwood Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046

Owned by

SEPTA

Line(s)

Lansdale/Doylestown Line

Warminster Line

West Trenton Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

SEPTA City Bus: 77

Construction

Parking

430-space parking lot

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

1872 (NPRR)

Rebuilt

1932 (RDG)

Electrified

1931

Previous names

Jenkintown

Services

Preceding station	SEPTA	Following station
Elkins Park toward 30th Street Station	Lansdale/Doylestown Line	Glenside toward Doylestown
Elkins Park toward University City	Warminster Line	Glenside toward Warminster
Elkins Park toward University City	West Trenton Line	Noble toward West Trenton

Jenkintown Wyncote Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Location

Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA

Coordinates

40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°WCoordinates: 40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°W

Built

1872

Architect

Horace Trumbauer

Architectural style

Queen Anne

NRHP Reference #

14001103^[1]

Significant dates

Added to NRHP

December 29, 2014

Designated CP

October 16, 1986

Jenkintown–Wyncote (originally "Jenkintown") is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township. Jenkintown is the busiest Regional Rail station outside of the C-Zone, and the sixth busiest overall.

Station

Jenkintown-Wyncote Station was originally built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad,^[2] and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. The 1932-built structure remains to this day,^[3] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It currently lies in fare zone three and includes a parking lot with 450 spaces.^[4] The West Trenton line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line.^[5] These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the sixth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the busiest outside of the City of Philadelphia, with 1998 average weekday boardings and 1660 average weekday alightings.^[6]

References

External links

Media related to Jenkintown-Wyncote (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

The structure on the inbound side of the station houses a ticket office and a restaurant

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

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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

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