Villanova station (SEPTA Regional Rail)

Villanova station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station on the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It is located on North Spring Mill Road (PA 320) near County Line Road and serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

This article is about the Regional Rail station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line. For the station on the Norristown High-Speed Line, see Villanova station (Norristown High Speed Line).
Villanova
Location308 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40.0388°N 75.3422°W / 40.0388; -75.3422
Owned byAmtrak[1]
Operated bySEPTA
Line(s)Keystone Corridor (Main Line)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 106
Construction
Parking167 spaces (85 daily, 82 permit)
Bicycle facilities5 racks (10 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1890[2]
ElectrifiedSeptember 11, 1915[3]
Passengers
2017466[4] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Radnor
toward Thorndale
 Paoli/​Thorndale Line Rosemont
toward Temple University
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Upton
toward Chicago
 Main Line Rosemont
toward New York or Exchange Place
Upton
toward Paoli
 Paoli Line Rosemont
toward Suburban Station

It is in Radnor Township.[5]

The station building was originally built in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and is within the campus of Villanova University. The eastbound and westbound platforms are ground-level and are connected by an underground handicap accessible pedestrian tunnel running beneath the tracks (which replaced the old non-handicapped accessible tunnel in 2018[6]) The station building is also home to a small café called "Rosie's Coffee".[7] The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 5:55 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 167 parking spaces at the station, including SEPTA permit parking. This station is 12.0 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 466, and the average total weekday alightings was 447.[4]

Station layout

Villanova has two low-level side platforms with pathways connecting the platforms to the inner tracks.

G
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Track 4 ←      Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor)
← Amtrak services do not stop here
Track 3 ←      Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Paoli, Malvern or Thorndale (Radnor)
← Amtrak services do not stop here
Track 2 ← Amtrak services do not stop here →
←      Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Rosemont) →
Track 1 ← Amtrak services do not stop here →
←      Paoli/​Thorndale Line toward Suburban Station or Temple University (Rosemont) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance, station house, parking
B Underpass Crossunder between platforms

References
  1. "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Archived October 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Electric Service Begins on the P.R.R." The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 12, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. p. 43-46.
  5. "Township Map". Radnor Township. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. http://septa.org/rebuilding/station/villanova.html
  7. https://www.rosies.coffee/


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