Downingtown station

Downingtown
Amtrak station SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail station
Philadelphia-bound platform at Downingtown Station.
Location	198 West Lancaster Avenue and Stuart Avenue Downingtown, PA 19335
Coordinates
Owned by	Amtrak
Operated by	Amtrak & SEPTA
Line(s)	SEPTA:Amtrak:
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Krapf's Transit Route A TMACC Beeline Bus
Construction
Structure type	Enclosed plexiglas shelters
Parking	360 spaces (226 daily, 134 municipal)
Bicycle facilities	2 racks (4 spaces)
Other information
Station code	DOW (Amtrak)
Fare zone	4 (SEPTA)
History
Opened	19th century
Rebuilt	1990s
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	68,918  5.5% (Amtrak)
Passengers (2012)	359 (weekday boardings) (SEPTA)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Thorndale Terminus Paoli/Thorndale Line Whitford toward Temple University Amtrak Coatesville toward Harrisburg Keystone Service Exton toward New York City   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Thorndale toward Chicago Main Line Whitford toward New York City or Exchange Place SEPTA Coatesville (closed 1996) toward Parkesburg Parkesburg Line R5 Paoli/Parkesburg Pennsylvania Railroad Whitford toward Suburban Station

Downingtown is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It is served by Amtrak Keystone Service and SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

The original Downingtown station was built in the 19th century by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was destroyed by fire in the early 1990s. The foundation from the old station can still be seen today.

There is no ticket office at this station. There are 360 parking spaces for daily parking at the station–223 spaces are owned by SEPTA, and the remaining are part of an adjacent municipal lot. This is 32.8 track miles from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. Downingtown is the western-most Amtrak station on the Keystone Corridor that is also served by SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale service. Additionally, the Krapf's Transit Route A and TMACC Beeline buses serve the station. In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 359, and the average total weekday alightings was 315.

External links

• SEPTA – Downingtown Station

• Amtrak – Stations – Downingtown, PA
• Downingtown Amtrak-SEPTA Station (USA RailGuide – Train Web)
• Krapf's Transit Homepage
• Krapf's Transit Route A Schedule
• TMACC Beeline Bus
• Old Downingtown PRR Station, south side c.1900
• Downingtown, PA (DOW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)
• Station from Google Maps Street View