Exton station (Pennsylvania)

Exton 135 West Chester University shuttle[2]
Construction
Parking	643 spaces (555 daily, 88 permit)
Bicycle facilities	4 racks (8 spaces)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: EXT
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Whiteland
Passengers
FY 2022	66,931 annually[3] (Amtrak)
2017	627 boardings 522 alightings (weekday average)[4] (SEPTA)
Rank	36 of 146 (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Downingtown toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Paoli toward New York Lancaster One-way operation Pennsylvanian Preceding station SEPTA Following station Whitford toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Malvern toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Whitford toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Before 1988 Malvern toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Whitford toward Chicago Main Line Ship Road toward New York or Exchange Place
Location
Exton Location within Pennsylvania Show map of Pennsylvania Exton Exton (the United States) Show map of the United States

Exton station is a train station in

This station is wheelchair-accessible with high-level platforms on both sides of the tracks. This is 27.7 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total SEPTA weekday boardings at this station was 627, and the average total weekday SEPTA alightings was 522.^[6]

History

In late 2013, SEPTA developed renderings of a proposed station improvement plan.^[7] The plan calls for near-full-length high-level boarding platforms on the inbound and outbound side of the tracks, a station building to be used as a waiting area, an extended exterior waiting canopy, as well as open-air shelters with glass windscreens.

Station layout

There is no ticket office at the station. Unlike other stations served by SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains west of Philadelphia along the former

Exton has two high-level side platforms. A center track is occasionally used for Norfolk Southern freight trains passing through the station.

Gallery

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  Philadelphia-bound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line train stops at Exton station in November 2018
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  New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at Exton station in November 2018
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  Pittsburgh-bound Amtrak Pennsylvanian passes Exton station while a New York City-bound Amtrak Keystone Service train stops at the station in November 2018
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  High platform being installed in 2018
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  Exton station sign
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  Newly installed waiting area
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  Station facing west
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  Old station prior to 2018 remodel

References

External links

• Media related to Exton station (Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons

• Exton, PA – Amtrak
• Exton, PA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• SEPTA – Exton station
• Exton Amtrak-SEPTA Station (USA Rail Guide – Train Web)