Chestnut Hill West station is a

SEPTA Regional Rail The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and serving the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelp ...

station in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

. Located at 9 West Evergreen Avenue in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, it serves the

Chestnut Hill West Line The Chestnut Hill West Line is a commuter rail line in the SEPTA Regional Rail network. It connects Northwest Philadelphia, including the eponymous neighborhood of Chestnut Hill, as well as West Mount Airy and Germantown, to Center City. Ro ...

. It was originally built by the

Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill Railroad The Connecting Railway was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated to build a connection between the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the PRR in the city of Philadelphia. Construction and assembly Connecting Railway The PRR ...

between 1883 and 1884, and later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1918, when the line was electrified, the station was rebuilt to accommodate the upgrade. The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill West Line, on former Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and is 11.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 433 boardings and 479 alightings on an average weekday.

SEPTA Bus connections

SEPTA City Buses * Routes 23, 77, and L SEPTA Suburban Buses *Routes 94 and 97

Station layout

References

External links

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SEPTA – Chestnut Hill West Station2005 Rob Mandeville PhotoChestnut Hill West Station (WorldNYCSubway.org)

Station House from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1884 Railway stations in Philadelphia