Melrose Park station (SEPTA)

Melrose Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines.

Melrose Park
Melrose Park station
Location800 Valley Road
Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Coordinates40.0595°N 75.1293°W / 40.0595; -75.1293
Line(s)SEPTA Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsSEPTA City Bus: 28
Construction
Parking185 space parking lot
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Rebuilt2005
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931[1]
Previous namesOak Lane[2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Fern Rock
toward Airport
 Airport Line Elkins Park
toward Glenside
Fern Rock
toward 30th Street Station
 Lansdale/​Doylestown Line
limited weekday service, no weekend service
 Elkins Park
toward Doylestown
Fern Rock
toward Penn Medicine
 Warminster Line Elkins Park
toward Warminster
West Trenton Line
limited weekday service
 Elkins Park
toward West Trenton
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Fern Rock
Terminus
 Bethlehem Branch Elkins Park
toward Bethlehem

Station

In June 2005, SEPTA completed a $5,336,000 project to upgrade Melrose Park station, including the installation of high-level, fully handicap accessible, platforms.[3]

In FY 2013, Melrose Park station had a weekday average of 458 boardings and 481 alightings.[4]

Service

The station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the Warminster Line, limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the West Trenton Line, and limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[5]

Station layout

Melrose Park has two high-level side platforms.

G
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Outbound ←      Airport Line toward Glenside (Elkins Park)
←      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward Lansdale, Link Belt, or Doylestown (Elkins Park)
←      Warminster Line toward Glenside or Warminster (Elkins Park)
←      West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Elkins Park)
Inbound →      Airport Line toward Airport (Fern Rock)→
→      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (Fern Rock) →
→      Warminster Line toward Penn Medicine (Fern Rock) →
→      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Fern Rock) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office

References
  1. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
  3. "SEPTA (July 2006) SEPTA Capital Improvements in Montgomery County. p. 22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. (2.39 MB)
  4. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  5. "Glenside Combined schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

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