East Falls station

East Falls station is a station located along the Manayunk/Norristown Line in the East Falls section of Lower Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at Midvale Avenue & Cresson Street and includes a 51 space parking lot. In FY 2013, East Falls station had a weekday average of 625 boardings and 553 alightings.[3]

East Falls
East Falls station in December 2012.
Location3600 Midvale Avenue
East Falls, PA, 19129
Coordinates40.0114°N 75.1920°W / 40.0114; -75.1920
Owned bySEPTA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections SEPTA City Bus: K
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1856[1]
RebuiltNovember 18, 1912[1]
ElectrifiedFebruary 5, 1933[2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Allegheny
toward Penn Medicine
 Manayunk/​Norristown Line Wissahickon
toward Norristown-Elm Street
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Allegheny
toward North Broad
 Norristown Branch Wissahickon
toward Elm Street

Though little more than a pair of platforms with open shelters and a trailer, it serves as a replacement for a former Reading Railroad station[4] which was opened in 1912, and burnt down approximately in 1982.[5] It contains a staircase leading to Cresson Street and the station on the north side of the viaduct over Midvale Avenue, and a pedestrian crosswalk with a traffic signal exclusively for that crosswalk on the south side.

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inbound ←      Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward 30th Street or Penn Medicine (Allegheny)
Outbound ←      Manayunk/​Norristown Line toward Elm Street – Norristown (Wissahickon) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Exit/entrance and parking

References
  1. "East Falls Station Opened". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved July 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 61" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014.  (539 KB)
  4. Images of former East Falls Reading Railroad station from 1912 and 1978
  5. Existing Railroad Stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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