Radnor (SEPTA Regional Rail station)

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This article is about the station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line. For the station on the SEPTA Norristown High-Speed Line, see Radnor (SEPTA NHSL station).
Radnor
SEPTA regional rail
File:Radnor Station Pennsylvania.jpg
Location 291 King of Prussia Road
and Radnor Chester Road
Wayne, PA 19087
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Amtrak[1]
Operated by SEPTA
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Connections SEPTA Suburban Bus: 105
Construction
Parking 220 spaces (95 daily, 46 permit, 79 municipal meters)
Bicycle facilities 2 racks (4 spaces)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1872
Rebuilt 1999–2002
Electrified September 11, 1915[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 487[3] (weekday boardings)
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
toward Thorndale
 Paoli/Thorndale Line

Radnor is a commuter rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia in Radnor, Pennsylvania.[4] It is served by most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains.

The Radnor station was originally built in 1872, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. It was a replacement for the former Morgan's Corner Station built by the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.[5] The station was designed by Joseph M. Wilson and Frederick G. Thorn, both later of Wilson Brothers & Company, architects. Radnor's design was a brick variant of Wynnewood Station, with a two story agent's residence addition. A nearly identical version of Radnor Station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Hawkins, just east of Pittsburgh.[6]

After electrification, in 1917 a synchronous compensator for delivering reactive power was installed (see Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system). This device was later removed.

Between 1999 and 2002, SEPTA restored and renovated the historic station building. The station building was restored, its historic eastbound shelter replaced with a modern structure, and new platforms, ramps, lighting, and signage were installed.

The ticket office at this station is open weekdays 5:55 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. excluding holidays. There are 220 parking spaces at the station. This station is 13.0 track miles (21 km) from Philadelphia's Suburban Station. In 2011, the average total weekday boardings at this station was 487, and the average total weekday alightings was 623.[3]

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Google maps
  5. ↑ Morgan's Corner P&C RR station, 1856 (Existing Railroad Stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania)
  6. ↑ Wilson Brothers & Co., "Catalogue of Work Executed," 1885.

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