R5 (SEPTA)

R5
R5 train entering Paoli station
Overview
Type	Commuter rail line
System	SEPTA Regional Rail
Status	Operating
Termini	Thorndale Doylestown
Stations	49
Services	R5 Paoli-Thorndale R5 Lansdale-Doylestown
Operation
Operator(s)	SEPTA
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Catenary

The SEPTA R5 was a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail (commuter rail) system. One end of the route served the western suburbs of Philadelphia, and the other the northern suburbs. The route extended from Thorndale, Pennsylvania in Chester County to Doylestown, Pennsylvania in Bucks County. The line utilized both former Penn Central trackage, which is now owned by Amtrak, and former Reading Railroad trackage, now owned by SEPTA.

Many R5 trains continue through the Center City tunnel between the Paoli/Thorndale and Lansdale/Doylestown ends of the system, although some originate/terminate at downtown stations.

In 2010 the route was split into :

Paoli/Thorndale Line (R5 Paoli/Thorndale)
Lansdale/Doylestown Line (R5 Lansdale/Doylestown)

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

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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