Miquon station

40.0587°N 75.2665°W / 40.0587; -75.2665

Miquon
The Center City-bound platform and shelter at Miquon station
General information
Location	1096 River Road Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania 19452
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Norristown Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	230 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1910
Electrified	February 5, 1933[1]
Previous names	Lafayette
Passengers
2017	444 boardings 442 alightings (weekday average)[2]
Rank	57 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Spring Mill toward Norristown–Elm Street Manayunk/​Norristown Line Ivy Ridge toward Penn Medicine Shawmont Closed 1996 toward Penn Medicine
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Spring Mill toward Elm Street Norristown Branch Shawmont toward Philadelphia
Location

Miquon station is a suburban commuter railroad station on the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line, located at River and Manor Roads in the Miquon section of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the first station on the line outside Philadelphia.

In FY 2013, Miquon station had a weekday average of 483 boardings and 452 alightings.^[3]

The station is adjacent to a large office park (River Park I and II), which was redeveloped from a former paper mill in 1999.^[4][5] As of April 2013, parking includes about 60 spaces adjacent to the tracks along River Road, and 170 spaces in the River Park II lot; the latter lot has been shrinking in size due to the expansion of a private school (AIM Academy) which leased most of the River Park II complex beginning in 2011.^[6]

The station building on the outbound side is leased to an outside party and does not currently sell tickets. There is a shelter on the inbound side; connecting the two platforms is an official pedestrian crossing.

Miquon is expected to become a temporary turnback point for trains at times when the line is flooded by the Schuylkill River around Spring Mill and Conshohocken. A new remotely controlled interlocking has been built near the station for this purpose, as part of a project to install a modern cab signal system on the line.^[7]

References

1. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
4. "River Park I". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
5. "River Park II". The Buccini/Pollin Group. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
6. "State of the School Report: Winter 2013". AIM Academy. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
7. "Manayunk/Norristown Line Shuttle Busing: An Explanation". SEPTA. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

External links

Media related to Miquon (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Miquon station
• Station House from Google Maps Street View
• Miquon Station House 2000 image by Mark Lehman (Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)