Olney  | |||||||||||||||||
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 The parking lot and platform at Olney station on the Fox Chase Line | |||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mascher Street and Tabor Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Fox Chase Branch | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus: 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 61 spaces | ||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1906 (RDG) | ||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||||||
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Olney station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in the Olney neighborhood, it serves the Fox Chase Line. The station has a 61-space parking lot. In FY 2013, it had a weekday average of 158 boardings and 156 alightings.[1]
The original station building was constructed in 1906 by the Reading Railroad. It was boarded up in the 1980s, and was demolished in 2008.[2] Olney is the last stop inbound before Wayne Junction, where it merges with the Warminster, West Trenton, Lansdale/Doylestown, and Chestnut Hill East lines.
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Street level | Exit/entrance and parking |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | ||
| SEPTA track | ← Fox Chase Line toward 30th Street (Wayne Junction) Fox Chase Line toward Fox Chase (Lawndale) → | |
| CSX track | ← CSX freight service → | |
References
- ↑ SEPTA (May 2014). "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania". West2K.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008.
External links
- Current schedule for the SEPTA Fox Chase/Newtown line
- SEPTA station page for Olney
- Old Olney Reading RR Station images
- Mascher Street and Tabor Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
40°01′59″N 75°07′24″W / 40.032954°N 75.123203°W
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