49th Street (SEPTA station)

49th Street
SEPTA regional rail
File:49THSTR.jpg Entrance to the 49th Street Station
Location	49th Street & Chester Avenue Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 64
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
Electrified	1928
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Angora toward Elwyn Media/Elwyn Line University City toward Temple University   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Angora toward West Chester West Chester Branch Philadelphia toward Suburban Station

49th Street is a railway station in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the SEPTA Media/Elwyn Line. In 2013, this station saw 62 boardings and 52 alightings on an average weekday.

Located at 1104 S. 49th Street, on the southwest corner with Chester Avenue, the station is a sheltered shed that sits on one platform; the other platform has a ramp to the Chester Avenue bridge. The station is handicapped-accessible.

Chester Avenue carries the SEPTA Route 13 trolley, which is part of the Subway-Surface Trolley system. The trolleys use an alternate track embedded in 49th Street when the tunnels are closed.

The Media/Elwyn line was originally the main line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, laid in 1852-53. There has been a station at this location since at least 1886, when the line was owned by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA: 49th Street Station
• Chester Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• "Around 49th and Springfield Avenue". 1938 aerial photo of the station and nearly Kingsessing Recreation Center.