Cheltenham station (SEPTA)

Cheltenham station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Located at Old Soldiers Road and Hasbrook Avenue, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 17-space parking lot.^[2] In FY 2013, Cheltenham station had a weekday average of 267 boardings and 392 alightings.^[3]

Cheltenham
Cheltenham station in March 2012, after construction of the new high level platform.
General information
Location	Old Soldiers Road & Hasbrook Avenue Cheltenham, Pennsylvania 19012
Coordinates	40.057258°N 75.092722°W / 40.057258; -75.092722
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Fox Chase Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	17 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1893
Rebuilt	1993, 2007
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Cheltenham Junction
Passengers
2017	293 boardings 251 alightings (weekday average)[1]
Rank	91 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Lawndale toward 30th Street Station Fox Chase Line Ryers toward Fox Chase
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Lawndale toward Philadelphia Newtown Branch Fox Chase toward Newtown
Location

Until 2005, CSX's Trenton Subdivision freight line and the Fox Chase Line shared track from Newtown Junction to a point just south of Cheltenham station, where SEPTA trains utilized a crossover to travel to/from the freight track. These tracks are now segregated, with a siding having been installed between Cheltenham and Lawndale stations for SEPTA use during peak hours. Further north, the freight line eventually joins SEPTA's West Trenton Line between Neshaminy Falls and Langhorne although the tracks no longer connect, and outbound passengers must now cross the inbound track to exit the station.

Cheltenham station serves the Burholme neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia and the eastern part of Cheltenham Township.

History

In 1993, the original 100-year-old station was destroyed by fire in what was ruled by the police as an arson.^[4] The station was replaced with a trailer serving as the ticket office. A new station and high-level platforms were opened in October 2007.^[5]

References

1. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
2. SEPTA webpage Archived October 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine for Cheltenham
3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
4. Delaware Valley Rail Passenger Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, March 1993, p.2
5. SEPTA Capital Improvement Report for Philadelphia Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, July 2006, p. 22.

External links

• Media related to Cheltenham (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Cheltenham station
• Picture of the old station building
• Station House from Google Maps Street View