Chester Transportation Center

The Chester Transportation Center is a SEPTA bus and train station in Chester, Pennsylvania. The outside portion of the ground level serves SEPTA City Transit Division Route 37, and Suburban Transit Division Routes 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, and 119.

Chester Transportation Center
Location6th & Welsh Streets
Chester, PA 19013
Coordinates39.84932°N 75.35988°W / 39.84932; -75.35988
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Northeast Corridor
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections SEPTA City Bus: 37
SEPTA Suburban Bus: 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119
Construction
ParkingYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1903
ElectrifiedSeptember 30, 1928[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Highland Avenue
toward Newark
Wilmington/Newark Line Eddystone
Lamokin Street
(Closed 2003)
toward Newark
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Wilmington Chesapeake Philadelphia–30th Street
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Lamokin Street Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Ridley Park
Lamokin Street
toward Wilmington
Wilmington Line Eddystone

Above the building of the transportation center is the train station. The tracks run over the building. The station is served by the Wilmington/Newark Line. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. This station is located at 6th and Welsh Streets, Chester, PA 19013.

History

Chester station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1903. While in the 1940s Chester was a common intermediate stop for services between New York and Washington, by the 1970s this was reduced to just one daily train; the station was also served by Amtrak's Chesapeake, which stopped both ways between Philadelphia and Washington during its existence from 1978 through 1983.[2][3] All long-distance services have since stopped calling at Chester. PRR/PC/Conrail local trains to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark continued until SEPTA took them over in 1983.

Station layout

Chester has two low-level side platforms with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the inner tracks.

P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound      Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Highland Avenue)
Outbound      Wilmington/Newark Line toward Marcus Hook, Wilmington or Newark (Highland Avenue)
← Amtrak services do not stop here
Inbound Amtrak services do not stop here →
     Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Eddystone)
Inbound      Wilmington/Newark Line toward Temple University (Eddystone)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/entrance, station house, and parking

References

  1. "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. April 30, 1978 Amtrak Timetables
  3. 1979 Amtrak Chesapeake timetable Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

See also

New Brunswick station - built according to similar blueprints at about the same time

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