Cynwyd Line
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The Cynwyd Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail
line running from Center City Philadelphia to Cynwyd
in Montgomery County
.
Originally known as the Ivy Ridge Branch, service was truncated on October 25, 1986 from Ivy Ridge
to its current terminus at Cynwyd
.
's (PRR) two-track Schuylkill Branch
, which had extended northward through the cities of Reading
and Pottsville
, ending at a connection with the Lehigh Valley Railroad
southwest of Hazelton.
) was completed on June 20, 1930. Plans for electrification beyond Norristown to Phoenixville
were not carried out due to the onset of the Great Depression
. Facing stiff competition from the parallel (and more heavily travelled) Reading Company
(RDG) route (now SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line
), passenger service beyond Manayunk to Norristown/Haws Avenue was discontinued on October 29, 1960. Service was re-extended 0.8 miles from Manayunk (retitled "Manayunk East" to differentiate from the nearby Manayunk Station
on the RDG route) to Ivy Ridge on October 26, 1980. This was done in order to serve a new park-and-ride lot; high-level platforms (a rarity in the SEPTA Regional Rail system) were also constructed at Ivy Ridge in anticipation of the station becoming a major terminal.
The extension was short-lived, as washouts north of Cynwyd and the discovery of possible structural problems with the line's massive Pencoyd Viaduct
(more commonly known as the Manayunk Bridge) caused service to be truncated 2.5 miles to Cynwyd on October 25, 1986, almost exactly six years since extending service to Ivy Ridge. Weather-related expansion and contraction of the bridge, coupled with the shedding of pieces of concrete due to spall
ing had taken their toll on the bridge. Fearing demolition, a rehabilitation campaign commenced in 1996 and completed in 1999. During the rehab, it was revealed that SEPTA had been overzealous in their closure of the bridge, as the internal steel reinforcement was not compromised as SEPTA had suggested. Further investigation by Urban Engineers determined that the bridge was safe and only needed surface work to stop the spalling. In 1999, construction finished on a project to stabilize and refurbish the viaduct.
SEPTA had little interest in restoring passenger train service to Ivy Ridge after rehabilitation was completed. Indeed, many attempts were made in 1996 to terminate Cynwyd service altogether due to its lower ridership (the 1986 cutback closed three of the line's mere six stations). A small but strong (and politically connected) rider protest resulted in SEPTA not only retaining service, but adding additional trains to Cynwyd by 1997. Though there have been repeated calls to restore the discontinued service between Cynwyd and Ivy Ridge, SEPTA permanently dropped plans for restoration in 2008 when all 2.5 miles of trackage north of Cynwyd was removed between 2008 and June 2010 for the Cynwyd Heritage Rail Trail and Ivy Ridge Rail Trail. The Manayunk Bridge is slated to also be converted into a rail trail connecting the two aforementioned rail trails. Complete closure of the Cynwyd Line, which would coincide with an extension of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts
, is currently under consideration with local officials and SEPTA.
. The abandoned PRR route, conversely, had far less curves and hill, little to no grade crossings, and was constructed on an higher embankment, essentially protecting it from potential flooding.
The abandoned line north of Ivy Ridge was subsequently converted into the popular Schuylkill River Trail
(formerly known as the Philadelphia–Valley Forge Trail).
, is served by a single-car electric multiple unit
train that departs from a terminal track in Suburban Station, stops at 30th Street Station
, and continues along the Paoli/Thorndale Line
as far as the 52nd Street Junction (a.k.a Valley Interlocking) where it branches off on a single track line to Wynnefield Avenue in Philadelphia. It continues on to Bala Station, on City Avenue (U.S. Route 1
), and Cynwyd station, less than a mile northwest.
No Cynwyd trains run entirely through the Center City tunnel. One can transfer between this train and others at Suburban Station to go to or from Market East station and former Reading Railroad
points (i.e., (Lansdale/Doylestown
, Warminster
, Manayunk/Norristown
, Chestnut Hill East
, West Trenton
, Fox Chase
).
In the late 1990s and up to 2003, SEPTA funded a study called the Schuylkill Valley Metro
which included plans to extend both sides of the R6 line to Pottstown
, Reading
and Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
. The project suffered a setback when it was rejected by the FTA New Starts program, which cited doubts about the ridership projections and financing assumptions used by the study.
On October 29, 2010, the Cynwyd Line was utilized to inaugurate the new Silverliner V
cars into revenue service.
(PA-TEC), an influential rail proponent group, requested that SEPTA consider demarking their dormant railroad lines acting as rail trails with signage. PA-TEC was willing to work with the transit agency on this project, in hopes of maintain a high profile for the dormant rail corridors. Their request was based on a federal study completed by the National Transportation Research Board in 2007, which stated that such signage gives "notice to adjacent landowners and the public generally that an interim period of low-impact or recreational use does not proscribe future development of active passenger or freight rail activity. Provisions may include large, conspicuous signage along the trail alignments and/or disclosure requirements for adjoining property sale transactions that make clear the potential future use of the [rail] corridors in question."
SEPTA rejected PA-TEC's request, believing the benefits of such "signage was deemed non-existent, since SEPTA's rights to the out-of-service rights-of-way (ROW) are clearly protected as matters of real estate/railroad law, as well as the individual lease with the County. The same would apply to any other recreational trails presently being used by municipalities over SEPTA out-of-service railroad ROW's." SEPTA concluded that the expense of installing signs, "no matter how small, for the sole purpose of demarcating SEPTA's otherwise well established legal ownership rights in the ROW, cannot be financially justified." This position was echoed by Rina Cutler, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor of Transportation.
PA-TEC responded in the press by calling SEPTA's response "an act resembling Pontius Pilate
", stating that SEPTA was "going against their enabling legislation per Pennsylvania State Law." PA-TEC added that SEPTA "has washed their hands of (their unused railroad lines) by refusing to associate their name with (them) in public. Without any analysis, SEPTA has rejected a taxpayer funded federal study that provides specific recommendations that best preserve dormant railways." PA-TEC added that they were "concerned that SEPTA is creating an additional constituency resistant to putting rails on a (SEPTA) owned ROW, in this case the trail users," concluding that "the trail use will create an additional avenue of resistance even for those who would never be trail users. NIMBY
s... will be avid trail users, not for the sake of the trail, but to prevent rail use."
On July 25, 2010 SEPTA renamed the service from the R6 Cynwyd to simply the Cynwyd Line as part of system-wide service change that drops the R-number naming and makes the Center City stations the terminus for all lines.
SEPTA Regional Rail
The SEPTA Regional Rail system consists of commuter rail service on thirteen branches to over 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and its suburbs. Service on most lines runs from 5:30 AM to midnight...
line running from Center City Philadelphia to Cynwyd
Cynwyd (SEPTA station)
Cynwyd is the last station along the Cynwyd Line, in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The station, located at Conshohocken State Road and Bala Avenue, includes a 41-space parking lot....
in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...
.
Originally known as the Ivy Ridge Branch, service was truncated on October 25, 1986 from Ivy Ridge
Ivy Ridge (SEPTA station)
Ivy Ridge is a station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in a minimalist design similar to that of Narberth Station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line....
to its current terminus at Cynwyd
Cynwyd (SEPTA station)
Cynwyd is the last station along the Cynwyd Line, in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The station, located at Conshohocken State Road and Bala Avenue, includes a 41-space parking lot....
.
History
The current Cynwyd Line is the remnant the Pennsylvania RailroadPennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
's (PRR) two-track Schuylkill Branch
Schuylkill Branch
The Schuylkill Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the former Pennsylvania Railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line ran from the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line at 52nd Street in Philadelphia north via Norristown, Reading, and Pottsville to Delano Junction...
, which had extended northward through the cities of Reading
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
and Pottsville
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Pottsville is the only city in and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,549 at the 2000 census. The city lies along the west bank of the Schuylkill River, north-west of Philadelphia...
, ending at a connection with the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley Railroad
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was one of a number of railroads built in the northeastern United States primarily to haul anthracite coal.It was authorized April 21, 1846 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and incorporated September 20, 1847 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad...
southwest of Hazelton.
Passenger service
Electrification of the line between Philadelphia and Haws Avenue in Norristown (just north of the current Norristown Transportation CenterNorristown Transportation Center
Norristown Transportation Center is a two-level multimodal public transportation regional hub located in Norristown, Pennsylvania and operated by SEPTA...
) was completed on June 20, 1930. Plans for electrification beyond Norristown to Phoenixville
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :...
were not carried out due to the onset of the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. Facing stiff competition from the parallel (and more heavily travelled) Reading Company
Reading Company
The Reading Company , usually called the Reading Railroad, officially the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway until 1924, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states...
(RDG) route (now SEPTA's Manayunk/Norristown Line
Manayunk/Norristown Line
The Manayunk/Norristown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line running from Center City Philadelphia to the Elm Street station in Norristown, Montgomery County.-Route:...
), passenger service beyond Manayunk to Norristown/Haws Avenue was discontinued on October 29, 1960. Service was re-extended 0.8 miles from Manayunk (retitled "Manayunk East" to differentiate from the nearby Manayunk Station
Manayunk (SEPTA station)
Manayunk is a station located along the SEPTA Norristown Line. It is located at Cresson & Carson Streets in the Manayunk neighbourhood of Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
on the RDG route) to Ivy Ridge on October 26, 1980. This was done in order to serve a new park-and-ride lot; high-level platforms (a rarity in the SEPTA Regional Rail system) were also constructed at Ivy Ridge in anticipation of the station becoming a major terminal.
The extension was short-lived, as washouts north of Cynwyd and the discovery of possible structural problems with the line's massive Pencoyd Viaduct
Manayunk Bridge
The Manayunk Bridge is a historic bridge in Pennsylvania across the Schuylkill River and adjacent Schuylkill Canal between Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia.-History:...
(more commonly known as the Manayunk Bridge) caused service to be truncated 2.5 miles to Cynwyd on October 25, 1986, almost exactly six years since extending service to Ivy Ridge. Weather-related expansion and contraction of the bridge, coupled with the shedding of pieces of concrete due to spall
Spall
Spall are flakes of a material that are broken off a larger solid body and can be produced by a variety of mechanisms, including as a result of projectile impact, corrosion, weathering, cavitation, or excessive rolling pressure...
ing had taken their toll on the bridge. Fearing demolition, a rehabilitation campaign commenced in 1996 and completed in 1999. During the rehab, it was revealed that SEPTA had been overzealous in their closure of the bridge, as the internal steel reinforcement was not compromised as SEPTA had suggested. Further investigation by Urban Engineers determined that the bridge was safe and only needed surface work to stop the spalling. In 1999, construction finished on a project to stabilize and refurbish the viaduct.
SEPTA had little interest in restoring passenger train service to Ivy Ridge after rehabilitation was completed. Indeed, many attempts were made in 1996 to terminate Cynwyd service altogether due to its lower ridership (the 1986 cutback closed three of the line's mere six stations). A small but strong (and politically connected) rider protest resulted in SEPTA not only retaining service, but adding additional trains to Cynwyd by 1997. Though there have been repeated calls to restore the discontinued service between Cynwyd and Ivy Ridge, SEPTA permanently dropped plans for restoration in 2008 when all 2.5 miles of trackage north of Cynwyd was removed between 2008 and June 2010 for the Cynwyd Heritage Rail Trail and Ivy Ridge Rail Trail. The Manayunk Bridge is slated to also be converted into a rail trail connecting the two aforementioned rail trails. Complete closure of the Cynwyd Line, which would coincide with an extension of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail to the Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Mann Center for the Performing Arts
The Mann Center for The Performing Arts is a 14,000 seat summer musical venue located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park. The venue operates as both an indoor performance hall and an outdoor music venue...
, is currently under consideration with local officials and SEPTA.
Freight service
Freight service had continued north of Manayunk after the demise of passenger service in 1960, but the northern end of the line leading to Norristown, Reading and Pottsville was gradually cut back during the Penn Central era (1968-1976). After the formation of Conrail in April 1976, the line was considered redundant and largely abandoned in favor of the parallel RDG route. Abandonment of the PRR line is regretted, as the nearby RDG route is more crooked, has more grade crossings, and is frequently flooded due to its nearness to the Schuylkill RiverSchuylkill River
The Schuylkill River is a river in Pennsylvania. It is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River.The river is about long. Its watershed of about lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. The source of its eastern branch is in the Appalachian Mountains at Tuscarora Springs, near Tamaqua in...
. The abandoned PRR route, conversely, had far less curves and hill, little to no grade crossings, and was constructed on an higher embankment, essentially protecting it from potential flooding.
The abandoned line north of Ivy Ridge was subsequently converted into the popular Schuylkill River Trail
Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill River Trail is a multi-use trail under construction for expansion along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania...
(formerly known as the Philadelphia–Valley Forge Trail).
Route
The Cynwyd Line is the shortest and has the lowest ridership of all of the SEPTA Regional Rail lines. Since 2007, this route, similar to NJ Transit's Princeton BranchPrinceton Branch
The Princeton Branch is a commuter rail line and service owned and operated by New Jersey Transit in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The line is a short branch of the Northeast Corridor Line, running from Princeton Junction northwest to Princeton with no intermediate stops...
, is served by a single-car electric multiple unit
Multiple unit
The term multiple unit or MU is used to describe a self-propelled carriages capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still being controlled from one driving cab. The term is commonly used to denote passenger trainsets consisting of more than one carriage...
train that departs from a terminal track in Suburban Station, stops at 30th Street Station
30th Street Station
30th Street Station is the main railroad station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the five stations in SEPTA's Center City fare zone. It is also a major stop on Amtrak's Northeast and Keystone Corridors...
, and continues along the Paoli/Thorndale Line
Paoli/Thorndale Line
The Paoli/Thorndale Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line running from Center City Philadelphia to Thorndale in Chester County.-Route:This branch utilizes one of the oldest sections of what is now Amtrak's Keystone Corridor, an electrified 104-mile two to four-track high-speed route between Harrisburg...
as far as the 52nd Street Junction (a.k.a Valley Interlocking) where it branches off on a single track line to Wynnefield Avenue in Philadelphia. It continues on to Bala Station, on City Avenue (U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs 2,377 miles from Fort Kent, Maine at the Canadian border south to Key West, Florida. U.S. 1 generally parallels Interstate 95, though it is significantly farther west between...
), and Cynwyd station, less than a mile northwest.
No Cynwyd trains run entirely through the Center City tunnel. One can transfer between this train and others at Suburban Station to go to or from Market East station and former Reading Railroad
Reading Company
The Reading Company , usually called the Reading Railroad, officially the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway until 1924, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states...
points (i.e., (Lansdale/Doylestown
Lansdale/Doylestown Line
The Lansdale/Doylestown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City Philadelphia to Doylestown in Bucks County.-Route:The Lansdale-Doylestown segment of the R5 line utilizes what is known as the "SEPTA Main Line", a four-track line that has been owned by SEPTA since 1983...
, Warminster
Warminster Line
The Warminster Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail commuter rail. It serves stations between its namesake town, Warminster, and Center City, Philadelphia...
, Manayunk/Norristown
Manayunk/Norristown Line
The Manayunk/Norristown Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line running from Center City Philadelphia to the Elm Street station in Norristown, Montgomery County.-Route:...
, Chestnut Hill East
Chestnut Hill East Line
The Chestnut Hill East Line , is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail system. The route serves the northwestern section of Philadelphia with service to Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill...
, West Trenton
West Trenton Line (SEPTA)
The West Trenton Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail line connecting Center City Philadelphia to West Trenton, New Jersey.-Route:The West Trenton Line connects Center City, Philadelphia with the West Trenton section of Ewing, New Jersey...
, Fox Chase
Fox Chase Line
The Fox Chase Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail system.Originally known as the Fox Chase/Newtown Branch, service was truncated in January 1983 from Newtown to its current terminus in Philadelphia at Fox Chase due to unreliable train equipment and low ridership...
).
In the late 1990s and up to 2003, SEPTA funded a study called the Schuylkill Valley Metro
Schuylkill Valley Metro
The Schuylkill Valley Metro was a proposal for a 62-mile railway system that would link Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the city of Reading, Pennsylvania in central Berks County, USA, using the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line and Cynwyd Line, as well as two current freight-only rights-of-way owned...
which included plans to extend both sides of the R6 line to Pottstown
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States northwest of Philadelphia and southeast of Reading, on the Schuylkill River. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the...
, Reading
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
and Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Wyomissing is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, established on July 2, 1906. The population was 8,587 at the 2000 census, but after the January, 2002 merger with neighboring Wyomissing Hills, the combined 2000 Census estimate was 11,155 making it the most populous borough in...
. The project suffered a setback when it was rejected by the FTA New Starts program, which cited doubts about the ridership projections and financing assumptions used by the study.
On October 29, 2010, the Cynwyd Line was utilized to inaugurate the new Silverliner V
Silverliner V
-Overview:The cars feature expanded interiors and windows, additional entrances, and screens used to display information about the service. They are all ADA compliant and meet FRA safety requirements....
cars into revenue service.
Controversy
In March 2011, the Pennsylvania Transit Expansion CoalitionPennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition
The Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition is a network of transit advocates who promote responsible investment in transit expansion. The organization's goal is to work with local transit organizations to redirect limited transportation funding to investment in expanding rail-based transit in...
(PA-TEC), an influential rail proponent group, requested that SEPTA consider demarking their dormant railroad lines acting as rail trails with signage. PA-TEC was willing to work with the transit agency on this project, in hopes of maintain a high profile for the dormant rail corridors. Their request was based on a federal study completed by the National Transportation Research Board in 2007, which stated that such signage gives "notice to adjacent landowners and the public generally that an interim period of low-impact or recreational use does not proscribe future development of active passenger or freight rail activity. Provisions may include large, conspicuous signage along the trail alignments and/or disclosure requirements for adjoining property sale transactions that make clear the potential future use of the [rail] corridors in question."
SEPTA rejected PA-TEC's request, believing the benefits of such "signage was deemed non-existent, since SEPTA's rights to the out-of-service rights-of-way (ROW) are clearly protected as matters of real estate/railroad law, as well as the individual lease with the County. The same would apply to any other recreational trails presently being used by municipalities over SEPTA out-of-service railroad ROW's." SEPTA concluded that the expense of installing signs, "no matter how small, for the sole purpose of demarcating SEPTA's otherwise well established legal ownership rights in the ROW, cannot be financially justified." This position was echoed by Rina Cutler, Philadelphia Deputy Mayor of Transportation.
PA-TEC responded in the press by calling SEPTA's response "an act resembling Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilatus , known in the English-speaking world as Pontius Pilate , was the fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36. He is best known as the judge at Jesus' trial and the man who authorized the crucifixion of Jesus...
", stating that SEPTA was "going against their enabling legislation per Pennsylvania State Law." PA-TEC added that SEPTA "has washed their hands of (their unused railroad lines) by refusing to associate their name with (them) in public. Without any analysis, SEPTA has rejected a taxpayer funded federal study that provides specific recommendations that best preserve dormant railways." PA-TEC added that they were "concerned that SEPTA is creating an additional constituency resistant to putting rails on a (SEPTA) owned ROW, in this case the trail users," concluding that "the trail use will create an additional avenue of resistance even for those who would never be trail users. NIMBY
NIMBY
NIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard". The term is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies...
s... will be avid trail users, not for the sake of the trail, but to prevent rail use."
Name change
Station list
All stations have low level platforms unless otherwise noted. Boldface indicates a major station.| Zone | Milepost | Station | Boardings | City/Township | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.0 | 52nd Street 52nd Street (Pennsylvania Railroad station) 52nd Street is a closed railroad station in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at the junction of its Main Line and its Schuylkill Branch... |
0 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | station closed 1980 |
| 4.9 | Wynnefield Ave Wynnefield Ave (SEPTA station) Wynnefield Avenue is a station along the SEPTA Cynwyd Line. The station, located at Wynnefield and Bryn Mawr Avenues, includes a 71-space parking lot.... |
90 | ||||
| 2 | 5.7 | Bala Bala (SEPTA station) Bala is a station along the SEPTA Cynwyd Line. The station, located near the intersection of Bala Avenue and City Avenue , includes a 76-space parking lot a the northwest corner of the City Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks.... |
78 | Lower Merion Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 57,825... |
Montgomery Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part... |
|
| 6.1 | Cynwyd Cynwyd (SEPTA station) Cynwyd is the last station along the Cynwyd Line, in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The station, located at Conshohocken State Road and Bala Avenue, includes a 41-space parking lot.... |
128 | terminus since October 25, 1986 | |||
| Barmouth Barmouth (SEPTA station) Barmouth is a derelict train station located at the end of East Levering Mill Road in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The station was a stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Schuylkill Branch, and later became a part of SEPTA's Cynwyd Line.... |
0 | station closed 1986, now the Cynwyd Heritage Trail | ||||
| 7.8 | Manayunk East | 0 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | upper level; station closed 1986 | |
| 8.5 | Ivy Ridge Ivy Ridge (SEPTA station) Ivy Ridge is a station located along the SEPTA Manayunk/Norristown Line in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in a minimalist design similar to that of Narberth Station on the SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line.... |
0 | upper level; station closed 1986; high-level platforms; now the Ivy Ridge Trail | |||
| Fiscal year | Average weekday | Annual passengers |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2010 | 638 | 162,759 |
| FY 2009 | 660 | 167,216 |
| FY 2008 | 606 | 154,500 |
| FY 2005 | 506 | 129,090 |
| FY 2005 | 506 | 129,090 |
| FY 2004 | 465 | 118,575 |
| FY 2003 | 480 | 112,200 |
| FY 2001 | n/a | 125,000 |
| FY 2000 | n/a | 114,000 |
| FY 1999 | n/a | 117,000 |
| FY 1997 | n/a | 87,116 |
| FY 1996 | n/a | 78,674 |
| FY 1995 | 248 | 78,800 |
| FY 1994 | 274 | n/a |
| Note: n/a = not available | ||