Media station (SEPTA)
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| Location | 309 Media Station Road, Media, Pennsylvania 19063 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°54′50″N 75°23′40″W / 39.9139°N 75.3945°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 231 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 19, 1854[1] | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | December 2, 1928[2] | ||||||||||||
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| 2017 | 512 boardings 492 alightings (weekday average)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 48 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Media station is a SEPTA regional rail station in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,[4][5] near Media. It serves the Media/Wawa Line, the former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) West Chester Line. It is located at 301 Media Station Road (Orange Street and Station Road). The station includes a 231-space parking lot. In 2013, this station saw 692 boardings and 533 alightings on an average weekday. [6]
Media station was built in 1960 by the PRR and is located several blocks away from
Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Media station in 1912 during his first election campaign.[citation needed]
Station layout
Media has two low-level side platforms with a connecting pathway across the tracks.
References
- ^ Jeffries, E. (October 21, 1854). "West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad". The Public Ledger. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 4. Retrieved January 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Trains to Start Sunday". The Chester Times. November 30, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Zoning Map". Upper Providence Township. Retrieved 2020-04-23. - The map indicates the location of the station with "SEPTA".
- ^ "Media". SEPTA. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
309 Media Station Road Media, PA 19063
- Compare with the township map. - ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
External links
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