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Holmesburg Junction (SEPTA station)
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Holmesburg Junction Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail
station at Rhawn and Decatur Streets, in the Holmesburg
neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia
, Pennsylvania
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The station is in zone 2 on the SEPTA Trenton Line, on the Amtrak
Northeast Corridor
, and is 13.1 track miles from Suburban Station. At Holmesburg Junction the Bustleton Branch of the railroad splits from the main tracks and runs to the interior of Northeast Philadelphia. In 2004, this station saw 436 boardings on an average weekday. Amtrak does not stop at this station.
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...
station at Rhawn and Decatur Streets, in the Holmesburg
Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Holmesburg is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Holmesburg was named for the descendants of John Holme who immigrated to Philadelphia in the 1680s and had no known relation to Surveyor General Thomas Holme. John Holme's descendants acquired land in Lower...
neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia, nicknamed Northeast Philly, the Northeast and the Great Northeast, is a section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 2000 Census, the Northeast has a sizable percentage of the city's 1.547 million people — a population of between 300,000 and 450,000,...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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The station is in zone 2 on the SEPTA Trenton Line, on the Amtrak
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
Northeast Corridor
Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor is a fully electrified railway line owned primarily by Amtrak serving the Northeast megalopolis of the United States from Boston in the north, via New York to Washington, D.C. in the south, with branches serving other cities...
, and is 13.1 track miles from Suburban Station. At Holmesburg Junction the Bustleton Branch of the railroad splits from the main tracks and runs to the interior of Northeast Philadelphia. In 2004, this station saw 436 boardings on an average weekday. Amtrak does not stop at this station.