Elkins Park station

Elkins Park
Elkins Park station, from the intersection of Park and Spring Avenues
General information
Location	7879 Spring Avenue Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 28
Construction
Parking	59 space parking lot
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	May 14, 1899[1]
Electrified	July 26, 1931[2]
Passengers
2017	302 boardings 406 alightings (weekday average)[3]
Rank	89 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Melrose Park toward Airport Airport Line Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Glenside Melrose Park toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line limited weekday service, no weekend service Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Doylestown Melrose Park toward Penn Medicine Warminster Line Jenkintown–Wyncote toward Warminster West Trenton Line limited weekday service Jenkintown–Wyncote toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Oak Lane toward Philadelphia Bethlehem Branch Jenkintown toward Bethlehem New York Branch Jenkintown toward Bound Brook
Elkins Railroad Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Jct. of Spring and Park Aves., Cheltenham Township, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40°4′16″N 75°7′42″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1898
Architect	Cope & Stewardson Co.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	90001609[4]
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1990

Elkins Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station located in the Elkins Park neighborhood of Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its notable architecture. The station is located at the intersection of Park Avenue and Spring Avenue. Elkins Park station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line.

Station history

The station was constructed in 1898 by Cope & Stewardson, at a cost of $40,000.^[5] On May 14, 1899, the station opened to Philadelphia and Reading Railroad train service.^[1] Originally, it was known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Elkins Railroad station, but has also been known as Elkins Park station and Ashbourne station. The Queen Anne style architecture of the station resulted in the station being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[6]

The station has low-level, non-handicapped accessible, railway platforms. In FY 2013, Elkins Park station had a weekday average of 632 boardings and 599 alightings.^[7]

Service

Elkins Park station is located along one of SEPTA's main rail lines. 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.^[8]

Station layout

Elkins Park has two low-level side platforms.

References

1. "Elkins Station Opened at Ogontz Park". The Philadelphia Times. May 15, 1899. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
5. "Ceremony Marks Elkins Park SEPTA Station Improvements; Station Houses Top, Hispanic-Owned Architectural Firm" PR Newswire. (May 15, 1997).
6. National Register of Historic Places: Pennsylvania – Montgomery County (scroll down) (accessed August 3, 2006)
7. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
8. "Glenside Combined schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

External links

• Media related to Elkins Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Elkins Park station
• Historic and more recent Elkins Park Station images
• Park Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View