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Norwood (SEPTA station)
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Norwood is a SEPTA train station on the Wilmington/Newark Line. While on tracks owned by the company, Amtrak
trains do not stop here, as it is served only by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Marcus Hook
, Wilmington
and Newark, Delaware
and northbound service to Philadelphia and points beyond (most commonly Norristown
).
The station, located at Winona & Welcome Avenues in Norwood, PA, includes a 62-space parking lot on its outbound platform side (along Harrison Avenue). Pedestrian walkways and staircases connect the inbound and outbound platforms via the Amosland Road Bridge, which overpasses the tracks. Opposite the tracks from the SEPTA designated parking lot is metered street and lot parking.
The station's inbound platform and ticket office is located next to the Norwood Public Library, a branch of the Delaware County Library System.
Amtrak train at the Norwood station. The deaths were later determined to be the result of a suicide pact between the girls.
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...
trains do not stop here, as it is served only by SEPTA. The line offers southbound service to Marcus Hook
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
Marcus Hook is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population peaked in the 1920s with 5,324 inhabitants. 2,314 inhabitants were counted at the recent 2000 census. Marcus Hook's current mayor is James Schiliro. The borough calls itself "The Cornerstone of Pennsylvania"....
, Wilmington
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
and Newark, Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...
and northbound service to Philadelphia and points beyond (most commonly Norristown
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Norristown is a municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, northwest of the city limits of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. The population was 34,324 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County...
).
The station, located at Winona & Welcome Avenues in Norwood, PA, includes a 62-space parking lot on its outbound platform side (along Harrison Avenue). Pedestrian walkways and staircases connect the inbound and outbound platforms via the Amosland Road Bridge, which overpasses the tracks. Opposite the tracks from the SEPTA designated parking lot is metered street and lot parking.
The station's inbound platform and ticket office is located next to the Norwood Public Library, a branch of the Delaware County Library System.
Dorwart-Gentile Suicides
On the morning of February 25, 2010, two teenage girls, Vanessa Dorwart, 15, and Gina Gentile, 16, were struck and killed by a high-speed Acela ExpressAcela Express
The Acela Express is Amtrak's high-speed rail service along the Northeast Corridor in the Northeast United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York...
Amtrak train at the Norwood station. The deaths were later determined to be the result of a suicide pact between the girls.
