East Falls station

East Falls station 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.[3]

East Falls
East Falls station in December 2012.
Location	3600 Midvale Avenue East Falls, PA, 19129
Coordinates	40.0114°N 75.1920°W / 40.0114; -75.1920
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: K
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1856[1]
Rebuilt	November 18, 1912[1]
Electrified	February 5, 1933[2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Allegheny toward Penn Medicine Manayunk/​Norristown Line Wissahickon toward Norristown-Elm Street
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Allegheny toward North Broad Norristown Branch Wissahickon toward Elm Street

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[4] which was opened in 1912, and burnt down approximately in 1982.[5] 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.