Chestnut Hill West station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 9 West Evergreen Avenue in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line. It was originally built by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad between 1883 and 1884, and later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1918, when the line was electrified, the station was rebuilt to accommodate the upgrade.[5]
The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 11.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday.[6]
SEPTA Bus connections
- Routes 23, 51, and 77
- Routes 94 and 97
References
- ^ a b "Steam Roads: Opening of Pennsylvania's New Branch Line". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 11, 1884. p. 2. Retrieved November 10, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Electric Train Has Trial Trip". The Harrisburg Telegraph. March 23, 1918. p. 10. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. (April 2015). "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Its Predecessors and Successors and Its Historical Context: 1977" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 11. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
Apr. 1, 1977 – SEPTA renames ex-PRR Chestnut Hill station "Chestnut Hill West" and ex-Reading station "Chestnut Hill East."
- ^ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- ^ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
External links
Media related to Chestnut Hill West (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons- SEPTA – Chestnut Hill West station
- 2005 Rob Mandeville Photo
- Chestnut Hill West Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
