Melrose Park station (SEPTA)

Melrose Park station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania. located at the intersection of Valley Road and Mill Road, it serves the Lansdale/Doylestown, Warminster, and West Trenton lines.

Melrose Park
Melrose Park station
Location	800 Valley Road Melrose Park, Pennsylvania 19027
Coordinates	40.0595°N 75.1293°W
Line(s)	SEPTA Main Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	SEPTA City Bus: 28
Construction
Parking	185 space parking lot
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Rebuilt	2005
Electrified	July 26, 1931[1]
Previous names	Oak Lane[2]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Fern Rock toward Airport Airport Line Elkins Park toward Glenside Fern Rock toward 30th Street Station Lansdale/​Doylestown Line limited weekday service, no weekend service Elkins Park toward Doylestown Fern Rock toward Penn Medicine Warminster Line Elkins Park toward Warminster West Trenton Line limited weekday service Elkins Park toward West Trenton
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Fern Rock Terminus Bethlehem Branch Elkins Park toward Bethlehem

Station

In June 2005, SEPTA completed a $5,336,000 project to upgrade Melrose Park station, including the installation of high-level, fully handicap accessible, platforms.[3]

In FY 2013, Melrose Park station had a weekday average of 458 boardings and 481 alightings.[4]

Service

The station is served by most weekday and weekend trains on the Warminster Line, limited weekday trains and all weekend trains on the West Trenton Line, and limited weekday trains and no weekend trains on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line.[5]

Station layout

Melrose Park has two high-level side platforms.

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	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Outbound	←      Airport Line toward Glenside (Elkins Park) ←      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward Lansdale, Link Belt, or Doylestown (Elkins Park) ←      Warminster Line toward Glenside or Warminster (Elkins Park) ←      West Trenton Line toward West Trenton (Elkins Park)
	Inbound	→      Airport Line toward Airport (Fern Rock)→ →      Lansdale/​Doylestown Line toward 30th Street Station (Fern Rock) → →      Warminster Line toward Penn Medicine (Fern Rock) → →      West Trenton Line toward Penn Medicine (Fern Rock) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Street level	Exit/entrance, parking, and ticket office

References

1. "Reading Installs Electric Service". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 1931. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Existing Railroad Stations in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
3. "SEPTA (July 2006) SEPTA Capital Improvements in Montgomery County. p. 22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-02. (2.39 MB)
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. "Glenside Combined schedule" (PDF). SEPTA. Retrieved May 15, 2017.

External links

Media related to Melrose Park (SEPTA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• SEPTA – Melrose Park Station
• Valley Road entrance from Google Maps Street View