Chestnut Hill East station

Chestnut Hill East station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 102–04 Bethlehem Pike at Chestnut Hill Avenue, it serves the Chestnut Hill East Line. The current station building was built in 1931 by the Reading Railroad,[2] as a replacement for an earlier station that existed between 1872 and 1930.[3]

Chestnut Hill East
The Chestnut Hill East station as seen in October 2012. The station depot, constructed by the Reading Company, is visible on the left.
Location	102-04 Bethlehem Pike at Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40.0810°N 75.2079°W
Owned by	SEPTA
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	6
Connections	Chestnut Hill West Line 2 Blocks West of Station SEPTA City Bus: L SEPTA Suburban Bus: 94, 97
Construction
Parking	104 spaces
Disabled access	No
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1872
Rebuilt	1931
Electrified	February 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Gravers toward 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Line Terminus

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 10.8 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday.[4] Chestnut Hill East is often confused with Chestnut Hill West, which is a SEPTA station a few minutes away from Chestnut Hill East's location. Boarding statistics, however, show greater usage of this line than of the Chestnut Hill West Line by Chestnut Hill residents.

Prior to rebuilding and electrification circa 1931, the stub terminal had three short passenger car tracks serviced by two platforms, a small engine terminal with a turntable, five-stall roundhouse and water tank, plus a few freight tracks serving storage buildings and a coal and lumber business.[5]

Station layout

P Platform level	Street level	Exit/entrance, parking, station building
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 1	←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Gravers)
	Track 2	←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Gravers)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 3	←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Gravers)
	Track 4	← Storage track
	Track 5	← Storage track
	Track 6	← Storage track

References

1. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Chestnut Hill East station photos (Existing Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
3. Original Chestnut Hill Reading Railroad station postcard (Existing Stations in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania)
4. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
5. Edwin P. Alexander. Model Railroads. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., 1950. Pp. 38, 40-41.

External links

• SEPTA – Chestnut Hill East Station
• 2000 Kevin Leary Photo
• Chestnut Hill East Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)
• Station House from Google Maps Street View