Prospect Park station (SEPTA)

Prospect Park
Prospect Park station platform in June 2014.
General information
Location	735 Maryland Avenue Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°53′17″N 75°18′34″W
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	50 spaces[1]
Accessible	No[2]
Other information
Fare zone	2[2]
History
Electrified	1928[3]
Previous names	Moore[4]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Ridley Park toward Newark Wilmington/​Newark Line Norwood toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Ridley Park toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Glenolden toward Philadelphia Ridley Park toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Norwood toward Suburban Station
Location

Prospect Park station (also known as Prospect Park–Moore station) is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA serves this station. The station, located at Lincoln and Maryland Avenues in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, includes a 44-space parking lot. Like the nearby Norwood Station, Prospect Park Station is located right next to the town's library, in this case the Prospect Park Public Library. It is also located near the Borough Hall.

Prospect Park station was originally known as Moore station, and was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. According to the Pennsylvania Railroad Stations, Past & Present website, a property owner named Moore donated the property for this station. He did so, with the "condition" that the station should carry his family name for as long as it exists. The station was renamed to Moore by the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 1, 1932.^[4]

However, that same source indicates that the current station building is not the original PW&B structure. ("...the original PW&B station ... predated the station that still exists"). The current station building was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

Prospect Park 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.

References

1. "Newark Station". SEPTA. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
2. "Wilmington/Newark Line Timetable" (PDF). SEPTA. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
3. "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Baer, Christopher T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1932" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical Historical Society. Retrieved December 7, 2015.

External links

Media related to Prospect Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Prospect Park station
• Original Moore's PRR Station Photos
• Lincoln Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View