Willow Grove station

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Willow Grove
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Willow Grove station viewed from the southwest
General information
Location York Road & Davisville Road
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°08′37″N75°06′51″W / 40.1436°N 75.1143°W / 40.1436; -75.1143
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s) Warminster Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg SEPTA City Bus : 22, 55, 310, 311
Construction
Parking190 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesTwo racks
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1886
Rebuilt1939
ElectrifiedJuly 26, 1931 [1]
Passengers
2017388 boardings
349 alightings
(weekday average) [2]
Rank68 of 146
Services
Preceding station SEPTA.svg SEPTA Following station
Crestmont Warminster Line Hatboro
toward Warminster
Fulmor
Closed 1996
toward Warminster
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Crestmont
toward Philadelphia
New Hope Branch Fulmor
toward New Hope

Willow Grove station is a station on the SEPTA Warminster Line, located in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The station, located on York Road (PA 611) and Davisville Roads, features a 190-space parking lot. Willow Grove station was originally built in 1886 by the Reading Railroad, and replaced by a stone structure built in 1939. The station house was closed in 1965, but continues to serve passengers. [3]

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Description

Willow Grove station consists of a side platform along the tracks. The station has a ticket office and waiting room that is open on weekday mornings. There are two bike racks available that can hold up to four bicycles. Willow Grove station has a daily parking lot with 116 spaces that charges $1 a day, a permit parking lot with 32 spaces that charges $20 a month, and a daily parking lot with 42 spaces that charges 50 cents a day. [4]

Train service at Willow Grove station is provided along the Warminster Line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which runs south to Center City Philadelphia and north to its terminus at Warminster. Willow Grove station is located in fare zone 3. Service is provided daily from early morning to late evening. Most Warminster Line trains continue through the Center City Commuter Connection tunnel and become Airport Line trains, providing service to the Philadelphia International Airport. [5] In FY 2013, Willow Grove station had a weekday average of 472 boardings and 515 alightings. [6]

Amenities

The Willow Grove station has a ticket office which is only open on weekdays from 5:15 AM to 11:15 AM. Several benches for sitting on while people wait for the train to come are also available, all of them under a canopy-type roof so that people do not get wet on rainy days.

Schedules

Trains going to Center City Philadelphia arrive at the Willow Grove station about every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the morning rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays, and trains headed towards Warminster station arrive every hour on weekdays (with more frequent service during the evening rush hour) and every two hours on weekends and major holidays.

Fares

On weekdays between 5:15 am and 11:45 am, commuters can buy and/or reload a SEPTA Key Card to ride the train inside the station's ticket office, but on weekends and weekday afternoons, tickets must be purchased from the train conductor or Key Card Fares must be loaded on the SEPTA Key Website or at an Exit Fare Kiosk in Center City upon departure of Willow Grove station. Passengers buying their ticket on board the train may pay for their ticket with cash or credit card . SEPTA Key Card fares purchased in advance also cost less than tickets purchased from the conductor on board the train.

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  3. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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