Malvern station (SEPTA)

For the SEPTA trolley station, see Malvern Loop station.

Malvern station is a SEPTA Regional Rail and a former Amtrak station in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Located at West King Road and North Warren Avenue, it serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains. Until 1998, some Keystone Service trains stopped here as well.

Malvern
General information
Location	61 North Warren Avenue Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40.0363°N 75.5155°W / 40.0363; -75.5155
Owned by	Amtrak[1][2]
Operated by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Amtrak Keystone Corridor (Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 92 (on King Street)
Construction
Parking	323 spaces (daily)
Bicycle facilities	3 racks (6 spaces)
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1900[3]
Rebuilt	2013
Electrified	January 15, 1938[4]
Passengers
2017	811 boardings 825 alightings (weekday average)[5]
Rank	23 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Exton toward Thorndale Paoli/​Thorndale Line Paoli toward Temple University
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Exton toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Before 1988 Paoli toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Frazer toward Chicago Main Line Green Tree toward New York or Exchange Place
Location

There are 323 parking spaces at the station for daily parking. This station is 21.8 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2017, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 811, and the average total weekday alightings was 825.^[6] Malvern is also the western terminal of the line on Sundays.

History

The station was originally built in 1900 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1968, it merged with its longtime rival New York Central Railroad to form the Penn Central Railroad. With railroad passenger service declining in the United States, passenger service was acquired by Amtrak in 1971^[7] which ran Keystone and Keystone State Express trains. Penn Central continued to struggle to provide commuter service until it was acquired by Conrail in 1976, and SEPTA in 1983. SEPTA designated this as the R5 Paoli/Thorndale line.

In 2010 SEPTA began construction of a new passenger access tunnel along with handicap ramps and stairways to the platforms. The project included improved parking lots. SEPTA has received frequent criticism for spending $9.2 million to build the ramps because there is currently no way for a person in a wheelchair to get from the platform to the train. A person in a wheelchair, as of now, could only get from the parking lot to the station platform.^[8]

Station layout

Malvern has two low-level side platforms. Some SEPTA trains terminate/originate here.

Gallery

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  Station entrance
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  Handicap ramps
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  Station signage
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  Westbound train
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  Station building

References

1. "Transportation Planning for the Philadelphia–Harrisburg "Keystone" Railroad Corridor" (PDF). Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. "Malvern District Awaits End of SEPTA Project". Philly.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
3. Existing Railroad Stations in Chester County, Pennsylvania
4. "Pennsy Completes New Electric Link". The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. January 15, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
6. "Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. pp. 43–46.
7. Amtrak (1 May 1971). "Nationwide Schedule of Intercity Passenger Service". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 4. Retrieved 7 Mar 2014.
8. "Wheelchair Users Can't Board Trains in Malvern, Despite Ramps". Malvern, PA Patch. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

External links

• SEPTA – Malvern station
• Old PRR Malvern Station photos
• Station from Google Maps Street View