Chester Transportation Center
Chester Transportation Center 119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bicycle facilities | 10 rack spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 1928[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Chester Transportation Center is a
. The outside portion of the ground level serves SEPTA City Transit Division Route 37, and Suburban Transit Division Routes 109, 113, 114, 117, 118, and 119.Above the building of the transportation center is the train station. The tracks run over the building. The station is served by the
Philadelphia
.
This station is located at 6th and Welsh Streets.
History
Chester station was built by the
Chesapeake, which stopped both ways between Philadelphia and Washington during its existence from 1978 through 1983.[4][5]
All long-distance services have since stopped calling at Chester. PRR/PC/Conrail local trains to Marcus Hook/Wilmington/Newark continued until SEPTA took them over in 1983.
Station layout
Chester 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.
Gallery
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Stairway to the rail platforms
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Tunnel under the tracks
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Interior of the station
See also
- New Brunswick station – built according to similar blueprints at about the same time
References
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Electric Trains in Service on Pennsy". The Every Evening. Wilmington, Delaware. October 1, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ April 30, 1978 Amtrak Timetables
- ^ 1979 Amtrak Chesapeake timetable Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Chester Transportation Center at Wikimedia Commons