Jenkintown–Wyncote station

Jenkintown-Wyncote
SEPTA regional rail
Jenkintown-Wyncote Station
Location	2 Greenwood Avenue Jenkintown, PA 19046
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Lansdale/Doylestown Line   Warminster Line   West Trenton Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 77
Construction
Parking	430-space parking lot
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1872 (NPRR)
Rebuilt	1932 (RDG)
Electrified	1931
Previous names	Jenkintown
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Elkins Park toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/Doylestown Line Glenside toward Doylestown Elkins Park toward University City Warminster Line Glenside toward Warminster West Trenton Line Noble toward West Trenton   Former services   Preceding station   Reading Railroad   Following station Elkins Park toward Fern Rock Bethlehem Branch Glenside toward Bethlehem Terminus New York Branch Noble toward Bound Brook, NJ Wayne Junction toward Reading Terminal Crusader West Trenton toward Communipaw
Jenkintown Wyncote Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates	40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°WCoordinates: 40°5′35.52″N 75°8′16.8″W / 40.0932000°N 75.138000°W
Built	1872
Architect	Horace Trumbauer
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Part of	Wyncote Historic District (#86002884)
NRHP Reference #	14001103[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 29, 2014
Designated CP	October 16, 1986

Jenkintown–Wyncote (originally "Jenkintown") is a major SEPTA Regional Rail station along the SEPTA Main Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and West Avenue on the border of Jenkintown and the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township. Jenkintown is the busiest Regional Rail station outside of the C-Zone, and the sixth busiest overall.

Station

Jenkintown-Wyncote Station was originally built in 1872 by the North Pennsylvania Railroad,^[2] and replaced in 1932 by the Reading Railroad. The 1932-built structure remains to this day,^[3] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It currently lies in fare zone three and includes a parking lot with 450 spaces.^[4] The West Trenton line branches off of the SEPTA Main Line at this station.

Service

This station is served by the Warminster Line, West Trenton Line, and Lansdale/Doylestown Line.^[5] These three rail lines make Jenkintown-Wyncote the sixth-busiest station in SEPTA's Regional Rail system, and the busiest outside of the City of Philadelphia, with 1998 average weekday boardings and 1660 average weekday alightings.^[6]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. 1892 photos of old Jenkintown NPAA Station by William Henry Jackson
3. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
4. SEPTA. "Jenkintown Station."
5. "SEPTA (Mar. 28, 2007). "Combined Timetable."" (PDF). (321 KB)
6. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). (539 KB)

External links

Media related to Jenkintown-Wyncote (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Jenkintown-Wyncote Station
• Interactive aerial perspective
• 2000 Mark Lehman photo
• Station from Google Maps Street View

The structure on the inbound side of the station houses a ticket office and a restaurant