Manayunk (SEPTA station)

Manayunk
SEPTA regional rail
Manayunk Station in downtown Manayunk as seen on the Center City-bound platform, April 2012
Location	4402 Cresson Street (Cresson & Carson) Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°01′37″N 75°13′31″W / 40.0269°N 75.2253°WCoordinates: 40°01′37″N 75°13′31″W / 40.0269°N 75.2253°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Manayunk/Norristown Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	no
Other information
Fare zone	2
Electrified	1930 (PRR) 1931 (RDG)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Wissahickon toward 30th Street Station Manayunk/Norristown Line Ivy Ridge toward Elm Street, Norristown   Former services   Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Ivy Ridge (closed 1986) Terminus Ivy Ridge Line R6 Ivy Ridge Barmouth (closed 1986) toward Suburban Station Pennsylvania Railroad Shawmont toward Pottsville Schuylkill Branch Barmouth toward Suburban Station

Manayunk is a station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown rail line. It is located at Cresson and Carson Streets in the Manayunk neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In FY 2013, Manayunk station had a weekday average of 654 boardings and 563 alightings.^[1]

History

Manayunk West Station, 1985; service was terminated the following year due to SEPTA's alleged problems with the Pencoyd Viaduct which were later unfounded.^[2]

Manayunk West Station, 2011; trackage was removed in June 2010 for an interim rail trail.

The original Manayunk station was built by the Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad (PG&N) in 1834, a predecessor of Reading Railroad (RDG). It was located on Green Lane near the corner of Main Street.

When the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) built the Schuylkill Branch they also built their own Manayunk station at the foot of the massive Pencoyd Viaduct (on the corner of Dupont and High Streets). After SEPTA was formed by the combination of RDG and PRR, this station was designated West Manayunk, and then Manayunk West, a station on the Cynwyd Line, until September 1986 when the line was cut back to its present terminus.

Following the construction of PRR's Manayunk station, the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (RDG) demolished their own station, in 1884, and replaced it with a new station at the intersection of Cresson and Roxborough Streets. This third Manayunk Station was built at street level, much like the original station and the nearby competition.^[3]

The fourth and current station was built by RDG in 1930 as part of a grade-separation project which eliminated running down the middle of Cresson Street. Despite the station building's suboptimal passenger location on the outbound side (going away from Center City Philadelphia), it is open for ticket sales on weekday mornings.

The line near Manayunk station serves as part of the border for the Manayunk Main Street Historic District, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993.

References

1. SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61 PDF (539 KB)
2. Spivey, Justin M. (April 2000). "Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington,D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
3. Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

External links

Media related to Manayunk (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Manayunk Station (Official site)
• Gay Street entrance from Google Maps Street View