Curtis Park station is a station along the

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and

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's Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; the station is only served by SEPTA. The station is officially located at Elmwood Avenue near Calcon Hook Road in Sharon Hill,

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. In reality it is located at the dead ends of Oak Avenue, one block east of Calcon Hook Road, and is accessible from Calcon Hook Road from Woodlawn Terrace on the north side of the tracks and Elmwood Avenue from the south side. Curtis Park was originally known as Academy prior to 1948. It was named for the local branch of the Holy Child Academy, which was once located nearby. The name Curtis Park derives from Curtis Publishing, which once operated a massive printing plant a block away from the station. The station has been closed and boarded up but still stands as a pair of platformed shelters, dividing Oak Avenue into two halves on either side of the railroad lines while Calcon Hook Road crosses over the lines. The station building was built by or for the Pennsylvania Railroad when the name was changed as the

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moved to town.

Station layout

Curtis Park has two low-level

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s with walkways connecting passengers to the inner tracks.

's Northeast Corridor lines bypass the station via the center tracks.

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Station from Google Maps Street View
{{SEPTA Regional Rail stations SEPTA Regional Rail stations Stations on the Northeast Corridor Railway stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1949 Wilmington/Newark Line