Highland Avenue (SEPTA station)

Highland Avenue
SEPTA regional rail
File:Highland Avenue Station.jpg The station at Highland Avenue in April 2012 on the Newark-bound platform. The Commodore Barry Bridge is visible in the distance.
Location	Highland Avenue (US 13) & 6th Street Chester, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	SEPTA Suburban Bus: 113
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
Electrified	1928
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Marcus Hook toward Newark Wilmington/Newark Line Chester toward Temple University Lamokin Street (closed 2003) toward Temple University   Former services   Pennsylvania Railroad Marcus Hook toward Wilmington Wilmington Line Lamokin Street toward Suburban Station

Not to be confused with Highland station on SEPTA's Chestnut Hill West line.

For the NJ Transit Rail station, see Highland Avenue (NJT station).

Highland Avenue is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, one of two stations in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Amtrak trains do not stop there; it is only served by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and northbound service to Philadelphia. The station is located on Highland Avenue (US 13) and 6th Street in Chester, PA.

Highland Avenue is a small station, less built up and less patronized than the larger station in Chester, Chester Transportation Center. The site of PPL Park, the home venue of soccer team Philadelphia Union, however, is located nearby; however, since the club provides a complementary matchday shuttle from Chester Transportation Center, Highland Avenue remains little used.

In 2011, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission studied whether to close Highland Avenue and to replace it with a new station at Engle Street, placing it closer to PPL Park.

External links

• SEPTA – Highland Avenue Station
• Highland Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

File:Girls At Highland Avenue Train Stop.jpg

Girls on the platform at Highland Avenue station in the mid-1970s