Bethayres  | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 2213 Huntingdon Pike Bethayres, Pennsylvania 19006 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°07′00″N 75°04′07″W / 40.1166°N 75.0687°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Neshaminy Line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 24, 88 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 333 spaces (93 with Permit) | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Electrified | July 26, 1931[1] | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | 636 boardings 630 alightings (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 35 of 146 | ||||||||||||
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Bethayres station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Bethayres, Pennsylvania. It is located at Station Avenue and Old Welsh Road and serves the West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. Bethayres station was originally built in 1876 by the Reading Railroad.[3] The station has off-street parking and a ticket office. There is also a handicapped-accessible platform. In FY 2013, Bethyares station had a weekday average of 578 boardings and 553 alightings.[4] Bethayres is the last boarding stop for AM peak service express trains to Philadelphia and the first discharge stop for PM peak service express trains from Philadelphia.
Station layout
Bethayres has two low-level side platforms with a mini high-level platform.
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Outbound | ← West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Philmont) |
| Inbound | West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Meadowbrook) → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Street level | Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office |
References
- ↑ "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fiscal Year 2021 Service Plan Update". SEPTA. June 2020. p. 24. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ↑ Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. (539 KB)
External links
Media related to Bethayres (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons
